body aches
Widespread physical discomfort
Body aches are dull, widespread pains in the muscles and joints, typically accompanying illness, exhaustion, or overexertion.
Unlike sharp localized pain, body aches feel diffuse—the whole body seems to hurt: I woke up with body aches and knew I was coming down with something.
The phrase usually signals flu, fever, or physical strain.
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- muscle sorenessPain from physical strain
- muscle painAching in body tissue
- joint painAche at skeletal junctures
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
sore muscles · fever · chills · stiffness · tenderness · flu · flu symptoms · under the weather · exhaustion · throbbing · inflammation · joints · cramps · malaise · weakness · run down · aspirin · ibuprofen
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- body symptomsheadaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, weakness
- symptomsfever, pain, nausea, rash, cough
- coldscommon cold, cold virus, rhinovirus, head cold, chest cold
- hangoversnausea, thirst, dry mouth, fatigue, vomiting
- illness symptomsfever, chills, cough, coughing, congestion
body achesfeeling good
Positive emotional condition
physical well-being · relaxation · suppleness · lightness · looseness
body achesgood health
Absence of illness
wellness · perfect health · vigor · robustness · full health
body, aches, bodies, bodily, bodied, embody, embodied, embodiment, disembodied