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aching

adjective

1 he had a stiff neck and an aching back:

painful, achy, sore, stiff, hurt, tender, uncomfortable, troublesome;

hurting, in pain, throbbing, pounding, twingeing;

smarting, gnawing, burning, tingling, stinging, agonizing, searing, feeling tender, feeling uncomfortable, giving someone trouble;

informal killing, playing someone up, giving someone gyp.

2 she's nursing an aching heart:

sorrowful, sad, mournful, miserable, upset, distressed, anguished, heavy with grief, grief-stricken, wretched, heavy;

grieving, sorrowing, mourning, lamenting, in distress, in anguish, suffering, bleeding.

▷antonyms cheerful, light.