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- [eyk]
- /eɪk/
- /eɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [eyk]
- /eɪk/
Definitions of ache word
- verb ache If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain. 3
- countable noun ache An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body. 3
- verb ache If you ache for something or your heart aches, you want something very much, and feel very unhappy because you cannot have it. 3
- verb ache Ache is also a noun. 3
- verb ache to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain 3
- verb ache to suffer mental anguish 3
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Origin of ache
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English aken, Old English acan; perhaps metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense “drive, impel” (compare Old Norse aka, cognate with Latin agere, Greek ágein); (noun) derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Ache
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ache popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ache usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ache
verb ache
- throb — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- twinge — a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
noun ache
- throbbing — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- aching — causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
- headache — a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- backache — Backache is a dull pain in your back.
Antonyms for ache
verb ache
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
noun ache
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- joy — a female given name.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- health — the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor: good health; poor health.
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