bellyache

Other forms of bellyache

plural

bellyaches·

past tense

bellyached·

present participle

bellyaching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bellyache

What does bellyache mean?

bellyache means "an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bellyache?

bellyache has 3 syllables: bel-ly-ache. The stress falls on "bel". In IPA it is /ˈbɛliˌeɪk/.

What is another word for bellyache?

Close synonyms include stomachache, stomach ache, gastralgia, gripe, bitch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bellyache a common word?

bellyache is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bellyache?

1 word rhymes with bellyache. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.