heartache

[ hahrt-eyk ]

/ ˈhɑrtˌeɪk /

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noun

emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.

Nearby words

heart-to-heart, heart-warming, heart-water, heart-whole, heart-wrenching, heartache, heartbeat, heartbreak, heartbreaker, heartbreaking, heartbreakingly

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

His success later in the afternoon has staggered a nation and sent two families reeling from heartache that never diminishes.
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But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.
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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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Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss.
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And yet so often trouble, sorrow and heartache start in just that kind of nothingness.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds
Her heartache was nearly as sore as her daughter's up-stairs.
Pembroke|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
But there was another cause for her heartache; and this was more personal.
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She was laughing at them, telling them that with all its sorrows and bitterness and heartache life was worth while.
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I thought it was because she had many new pupils, and I had a heartache about it.
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

British Dictionary definitions for heartache

heartache

/ (ˈhɑːtˌeɪk) /

noun

intense anguish or mental suffering

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heartache

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for heartache

heartache

noun