ache Definition

ache
verb, intr ached, aching

1. To feel a dull continuous pain.
2. To be the source of a dull continuous pain.

Thesaurus: hurt, throb, pound, smart.

noun

1. A dull continuous pain.

Thesaurus: pain, hurt, anguish, throb, soreness, pang, twinge, pounding, smarting, grief, misery, sorrow, suffering.

Derivative: aching
adj

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon acan to ache, and æce an ache.

Phrasal Verb: ache for something

To want it very much.