heartache
noun
emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
heartaching
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a word derived from
heartache.
Example Sentences
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She can do anything, but if it’s a heartaching love song, you feel it in her voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
At the end of that time I shall have finished my reading—yes, we will do it, and this heartaching will be over.
From The Return of the Native by Hardy, Thomas
You're at the heartbreaking, heartaching age, and no time to spend on old duffers like me when young beauties are drooping on every bough.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
It is impossible for me now to recollect all the perplexing thoughts that passed through my mind during that forenoon; it was a day of heartaching to me.
From The Fugitive Blacksmith or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington by Pennington, James W. C.
