All ache synonyms
ache
A a verb ache
- throb β to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- pain β physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- twinge β a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- smart β having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- long β having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- desire β A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- yearn β to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- wish β to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- hanker β to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- pine β Archaic. painful longing.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- hunger β a compelling need or desire for food.
- sting β to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
noun ache
- throbbing β to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- aching β causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
- headache β a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.
- stomachache β pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- backache β Backache is a dull pain in your back.
- niggle β to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- anguish β Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
- misery β wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- pang β a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- soreness β physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: a sore arm.
- spasm β Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- pounding β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- smarting β to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- suffering β the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- throe β a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.