achy

Adjective

achy (comparative achier, superlative achiest)

1. With or suffering from aches; sore.
   • The achy path leads downhill, bump bump bump, rocks jagged and the climate wetter and colder, till I’m toothless, beyond pain, on a frosty skerry beach, my fingers numb, my lungs flapping like dead leaves.2012, Michael Kenyon, “Sea of Qi Shu”, in A Year at River Mountain, Saskatoon, Sask.: Thistledown Press, →ISBN, page 126
   • Sora, his cinematographer, Bill Kirstein, and the composer Lia Ouyang Rusli capture the achy pleasures of youthful friendship and the tectonic frictions of the personal, the political and the geological.2025 September 11, Lisa Kennedy, “‘Happyend’ Review: Adolescent Tremors”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025

   Synonyms:

   aching, sore, achesome, raw, hurt, hurty, griefful, pained, painfilled, painful