as in tingle
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
a dull pounding ache in his head
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Recent Examples of ache
Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 May 2025
Pay no heed to the aches in your body, the growing fear that your numb fingers and toes may never be able to feel sensations again: look up and thank the man with your gaze.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
The light turned from orange to dull gray, and then Joe nudged my aching ribs — the tiger was standing in a glade 60 yards downhill.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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Noun
Early signs of Parkinson’s include depression, body aches, daytime sleepiness, and impaired smell.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 May 2025
Pay no heed to the aches in your body, the growing fear that your numb fingers and toes may never be able to feel sensations again: look up and thank the man with your gaze.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Verb
Bix meanwhile will feel cooped up in the safe house, aching to do more for the rebellion.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
The light turned from orange to dull gray, and then Joe nudged my aching ribs — the tiger was standing in a glade 60 yards downhill.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
Noun
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The product glides on smooth like butter and leaves behind a faint cooling tingle.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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While the brand quickly became synonymous with the 1990s UK music scene—having Liam Gallagher sport them on-stage certainly didn’t hurt—the aughts saw the business’s fortunes recede and its manufacturing go overseas.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
2 June 2025
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ISPs have frequently pointed out that terminating customer accounts would hurt people using the same account as someone accused of piracy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2025
Noun
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And yet the extent of the common language for emotional and physical pain is itself remarkable: crushing sadness, pangs of guilt, wrenching news, the need for something to kill the pain.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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And just as suddenly as that dream was about to begin, the pang in Carr’s gut was growing more undeniable.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
Verb
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The years of separation have pained the activists and their relatives.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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The ongoing search for Grant Hardin, 56, has sparked urgent warnings from local law enforcement, put residents of a small northwest Arkansas town on edge and reignited feelings of hurt and pain that the family of one victim had tried to bury.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Denver remained his target despite the sting of not being drafted or initially signed by the Broncos.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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This mindset change removes the sting of rejection and increases outreach volume.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Batteries of loudspeakers throbbed with a song whose refrain has become a catchphrase for those who want Mr. Yoon ousted.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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President Trump, some of his cabinet members and his adviser Elon Musk sat ringside in Miami late Saturday night at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event — a spectacle of violence, throbbing music and cheering crowds that the president has long admired.—
Maggie Haberman,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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