Definition of ache

"ache" in the noun sense

1. ache, aching

a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

"ache" in the verb sense

1. hurt, ache, suffer

feel physical pain

"Were you hurting after the accident?"

2. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish

have a desire for something or someone who is not present

"She ached for a cigarette"

"I am pining for my lover"

3. ache, smart, hurt

be the source of pain

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Quotations for ache

Every heart hath its own ache. [ Proverb ]

Charm ache with air, and agony with words. [ William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V. Sc.1 ]

To die, - to sleep, -
No more; - and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. [ William Shakespeare ]

Parting, ah! parting; parting makes the heart ache. [ Herloszsohn ]

He that is uneasy at every little pain is never without some ache. [ Proverb ]

We bachelors grin, but you marred men laugh till your hearts ache. [ Proverb ]

Why must we first weep before we can love so deep that our hearts ache. [ Richter ]

We bachelors laugh and show our teeth, but you married* men laugh until your heart ache. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation. [ Lytton ]

The weariest and most loathed worldly life that age, ache, penury, and imprisonment can lay on nature is a paradise to what we fear of death. [ William Shakespeare ]

Surely you will not calculate any essential difference from mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over brackish depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace. You know that the bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and how many blithe hearts dance under coarse wool! [ Chapin ]

ache in Scrabble®

The word ache is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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ache in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words containing the sequence ache

Words with ache in them (351 words)

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Word Growth involving ache

Shorter words in ache

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Longer words containing ache

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