BACKACHES Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word backaches. (close relations)
backache
Best Alternative Words for BACKACHES
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ache | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain verb • feel physical pain • have a desire for something or someone who is not present • be the source of pain | ||||||||
agony | nounn | |||||||
noun • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a state of acute pain | ||||||||
discomfort | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being tense and feeling pain • an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | ||||||||
distress | nounn | |||||||
noun • psychological suffering • a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) • extreme physical pain • the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim verb • bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship • cause mental pain to | ||||||||
misery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness | ||||||||
pain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder • emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid • a somatic sensation of acute discomfort • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness verb • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed • cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||||||||
soreness | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) • an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | ||||||||
sting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung • a mental pain or distress • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • deliver a sting to • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous • cause a stinging pain • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||||||||
suffering | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of acute pain • misery resulting from affliction • psychological suffering • feelings of mental or physical pain adjective satellite • troubled by pain or loss • very unhappy; full of misery | ||||||||
throb | verbv | |||||||
noun • a deep pulsating type of pain • an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) verb • pulsate or pound with abnormal force • expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically • tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | ||||||||
torment | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||||
twinge | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sudden sharp feeling • a sharp stab of pain verb • cause a stinging pain • feel a sudden sharp, local pain • squeeze tightly between the fingers |