aching

Related to aching: aching heart

ache for (someone or something)

1. To feel a strong desire for someone or something. She ached for the companionship of her husband when he was deployed overseas.
2. To feel profound sadness or empathy for someone. I ache for those little children who just lost their parents in a car accident.
See also: ache

aching heart

A feeling of pain or despair in the absence of someone one loves. I had such an aching heart during the holidays this year, the first ones without my mother.
See also: aching, heart

bellyache

1. verb To complain or gripe about someone or something. Of course Marjorie is bellyaching about how I left dishes out in the kitchen—she's not happy unless everything is perfectly put away.
2. noun Pain in one's stomach. I've had a bellyache all day, so I'm going to have to cancel our dinner plans.

quit (one's) bellyaching

To stop griping or complaining. Often said as an order. A: "But I don't like broccoli!" B: "Just quit your bellyaching and eat it!" If the kids don't quit their bellyaching soon, I'm going to turn this car around and take us right back home.
See also: bellyache, quit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

aching heart

Fig. the feeling of pain because of love that is lost or has faded away. (Described as being in the heart, where love is said to reside.) I try to tell my aching heart that I don't love him.
See also: aching, heart
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bellyache

(ˈbɛli ek)
1. n. a stomachache. Oh, mama, do I have a bellyache!
2. in. to complain. You are always bellyaching!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ache
  • ache for
  • ache for (someone or something)
  • hurt for (someone or something)
  • hurt for someone/something
  • feel somehow about
  • feel (some emotion) about (someone or something)
  • feel like doing
  • feel like oneself
  • feel like something/like doing something
References in periodicals archive
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1 Widespread muscle pain, aching, stiffness, tiredness and muscles that feel tender.
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IF you didn't suffer before 50 (in which case, disc or muscle strain could be to blame), your aching is probably worse in the morning.
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