heartache

[ hahrt-eyk ]
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noun
  1. emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.

Origin of heartache

1
before 1000; Middle English hert ache,Old English heort ece;see heart, ache

Other words from heartache

  • heartaching, adjective

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How to use heartache in a sentence

  • At the end of that time I shall have finished my reading—yes, we will do it, and this heartaching will be over.

British Dictionary definitions for heartache

heartache

/ (ˈhɑːtˌeɪk) /


noun
  1. intense anguish or mental suffering

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