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heartache

[ hahrt-eyk ]

/ ˈhɑrtˌeɪk /

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM heartache

heart·ach·ing, adjective

Words nearby heartache

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

Example sentences 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.

Any Outrage Out There for Ramos and Liu, Protesters? |Mike Barnicle |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.

The Resilient City: New York After 9/11 |John Avlon |September 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Take responsibility for yourself and your loved ones for these situations carry great burden and heartache.

How To Avoid Brain Death Purgatory |Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Robert M. Lober, MD, PhD |January 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With each new tragedy that unfolds comes grief and heartache, but also an opportunity to educate.

Inside Florida’s Battle With the Flesh-Eating Vibrio Vulnificus |Jacqui Goddard |October 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

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

Justin Townes Earle Talks About His New Album |Lauren Streib |March 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
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.

How It All Came Round |L. T. Meade
She was laughing at them, telling them that with all its sorrows and bitterness and heartache life was worth while.

Green Valley |Katharine Reynolds
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