acheful

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adjective

full of aches; aching

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveacheful (comparative more acheful, superlative most acheful)

comparative more acheful · superlative most acheful

  1. full of aches; aching

    I mounted a steed in the dawning / With acheful remembrance.

    1898, Thomas Hardy, “My Cicely”, in Wessex Poems and Other Verses
    2 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)

Origin

Translations

German schmerzhaft, schmerzend
  • schmerzhaftfull of aches
  • schmerzendfull of aches
Turkish ağrılı, sancılı
  • ağrılıfull of aches
  • sancılıfull of aches

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Chicago

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