ache for

Verb

Meaning

ache for (third-person singular simple present aches for, present participle aching for, simple past and past participle ached for)

To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
He ached for her as he'd never ached for any woman.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

pant covet crave suspire cry out for lust after desiderate enhunger

Examples

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou

Wherever literature consoles sorrow or assuages pain; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep,-there is exhibited in its noblest form the immortal influence of Athens. Thomas Babington Macaulay

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear, But much more for the touch of your whips, dear. You can raise welts Like nobody else, As we dance to the Masochism Tango. Tom Lehrer

I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the television medium is that you don't get that. You don't get that immediate response. Bridget Regan

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I didn't know then what I wanted, but the ache for it was palpable. Sue Monk Kidd

Close letter words and terms

Achaya Achaz ache ache in ear ache in ears ache in the ear