Meanings
comparative more acheful · superlative most acheful
- full of aches; aching
I mounted a steed in the dawning / With acheful remembrance.
1898, Thomas Hardy, “My Cicely”, in Wessex Poems and Other Verses2 more examples
Why recall the memory of those acheful days, when all the pleasant and restful features of the island are uncatalogued?
1908, E. J. Banfield, The Confessions of a Beachcomber (T. Fisher Unwin London)We all know that she is nameless / Spits at music it's not an issue / Just remove the acheful tissue […]
1997, Hole (band), Old Age (song)
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German schmerzhaft, schmerzend
- schmerzhaftfull of aches
- schmerzendfull of aches
Turkish ağrılı, sancılı
- ağrılıfull of aches
- sancılıfull of aches
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