heartache
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈhɑrtˌeɪk/
:
pena
- After the breakup, he was overwhelmed with heartache that lingered for months.
So I, I have seen a similar heartache up close.
- So I, I have seen a similar heartache up close.
- Maybe I would cause heartache to someone.
- Just save yourself some heartache and use a lip liner.
- I hope nothing but severe depression and heartache for you.
- Maybe the heartache is too much in my soul.
- But right underneath that is heartache.
- Like the struggle, the good time, the heartache, whatever it is, they're telling the truth in the song.
- So stick with me because this could save your months or even years of heartache.
- But in in doing that, I imagine, I imagine there was a lot of heartache in the process of doing it.
- It is a very unpleasant experience and it leads to so much more frustration, headache, heartache, you name it.
- Could have saved myself years of heartache if I had only known glasses would have done the trick.
- You get to have all these experiences, love, heartache, anxiety, joy, euphoria, whatever, all of it.
Examples
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This book has brought nothing but heartache and misery to my family.
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Dear Lord, I pray that they find happiness in the midst of all this heartache.
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And I felt so much heartache for this family.
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So I, I have seen a similar heartache up close.
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And she died because of heartache of what he went through and what they went through.
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Do you hear the heartache in her voice?
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There is heartache here and loss, being expressed honestly in a classroom setting for the first time.
Academic text (2015) -
Those moments of going through tremendous grief and heartache prepared me to help other people to do it.
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Wide awake, but heavy with an exhaustion that came more from heartache than lack of sleep.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the past year, I've lived a lifetime of loneliness and heartache.
Synonyms
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1.8
A deep sad feeling caused by losing someone or something
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2.1
Deep sadness after you lose someone or something important
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2.8
A feeling of great unhappiness and suffering
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1.0
A feeling of being unhappy
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1.0
A feeling of emotional or physical pain
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3.9
A very strong sadness after losing someone you love
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3.4
Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
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4.0
A very sad feeling because of a loss or bad news
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3.7
A very strong feeling of sadness after a great loss
A deep, painful sadness from missing someone or something
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heartache is simply a combination of heart and ache, and ache means 'pain', so it makes the clear image of your heart hurting. That's why heartache means deep emotional pain after losing someone or being let down.