heartache

[hahrt-eyk]

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noun

emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.

Origin of heartache

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

Related formsheart·ach·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for heartache

Contemporary Examples

His success later in the afternoon has staggered a nation and sent two families reeling from heartache that never diminishes.
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December 22, 2014
But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.
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John Avlon
September 11, 2014
Take responsibility for yourself and your loved ones for these situations carry great burden and heartache.
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With each new tragedy that unfolds comes grief and heartache, but also an opportunity to educate.
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Jacqui Goddard
October 8, 2013
Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss.
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Lauren Streib
March 28, 2012

Historical Examples

True, there were hot days and restless nights, weary feet, and now and then a heartache.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
He himself had gone through loneliness and heartache, and the shadow was still on him.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
If I'd seen you caring for Monny, I should have found some medicine to cure my heartache.
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
War and suffering and heartache and trouble seemed a long, long way off.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln
And then, alone once more, all his misery and heartache returned.
The Woman-Haters
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for heartache

heartache

noun

intense anguish or mental suffering

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Word Origin and History for heartache

n.

Old English heortece, in the sense of a physical pain; c.1600 in sense of "anguish of mind;" from heart + ache. Old English did, however, have heartsarnes "grief," literally "heart-soreness."

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Examples from the Web for heartache

Contemporary Examples

His success later in the afternoon has staggered a nation and sent two families reeling from heartache that never diminishes.

But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.

Take responsibility for yourself and your loved ones for these situations carry great burden and heartache.

With each new tragedy that unfolds comes grief and heartache, but also an opportunity to educate.

Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss.

Historical Examples

True, there were hot days and restless nights, weary feet, and now and then a heartache.

He himself had gone through loneliness and heartache, and the shadow was still on him.

If I'd seen you caring for Monny, I should have found some medicine to cure my heartache.

War and suffering and heartache and trouble seemed a long, long way off.

And then, alone once more, all his misery and heartache returned.

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Word Origin and History for heartache

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Origin of heartache