achy
/ˈeɪ.ki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.39 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
With or suffering from aches; sore.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From ache + -y.