ache

ache is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
2. intransitive verb. Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones."
3. intransitive verb. To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
4. noun. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

   Synonyms: aching

5. verb. have a desire for something or someone who is not present

   "She ached for a cigarette"

   "I am pining for my lover"

   Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen

6. verb. feel physical pain

   "Were you hurting after the accident?"

   Synonyms: hurt, suffer

7. verb. be the source of pain

   Synonyms: hurt, smart

Synonyms

aching, languish, pine, yearn, yen, hurt, suffer, smart

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ache:

each, haec

Common word forms

ached, acher, aches, aching

Words from these letters

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