as in sore
causing or feeling bodily pain
unable to play in tomorrow's football game because of an achy right knee
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Recent Examples of achy
Long-haul flights can wreak havoc on circulation, often leaving travelers with swollen, achy feet and legs.
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Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Are sore, achy feet keeping you from putting your best foot forward?
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 June 2025
The Fiskars Four-Claw Weed Puller Tool is a great option for removing stubborn dandelions and thistle without leaving you with sore knees or an achy back afterwards.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
The pressure provided on your legs helps with swelling and achy feet per the brand, which is especially helpful on long days of trekking up trails.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Are sore, achy feet keeping you from putting your best foot forward?
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 June 2025
The Fiskars Four-Claw Weed Puller Tool is a great option for removing stubborn dandelions and thistle without leaving you with sore knees or an achy back afterwards.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
The pressure provided on your legs helps with swelling and achy feet per the brand, which is especially helpful on long days of trekking up trails.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for achy
Adjective
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Richardson, who was dealing with a sore right ankle during summer league practices in Orlando, exited early in the third quarter, but was able to return in the final frame.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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Chisholm missed five weeks toward the beginning of the season with a right oblique strain, then sat out of Sunday’s Subway Series finale at Citi Field for a sore right shoulder.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Braxton shares an aching need to be vulnerable only to realize by album’s end that such unions can result in horrible betrayal, her words of lament surrounded by swelling, lush orchestration.—
Clarence A. Haynes
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
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Coupled with a story line about digital avatars who seek to replace the humans in whose images they were shaped, the movie possesses an aching sense of oblivion.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Higher temperatures can be too hot for a dog’s paw pads and, in some cases, can cause painful burns.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The tents are overrun by mosquitoes and other large insects, subjecting people to frequent and painful insect bites.—
Steve Bousquet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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“Achy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achy. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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