as in sorrow
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war
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Recent Examples of heartache
Running underneath all of our efforts was heartache, sorrow, and anxiety over her loss.
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Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Two games into the 2025-26 season, the heartache that the Sharks have felt in that area has only gotten worse.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Judah The movie version of Laura is very much single, still nursing the heartache of her break-up with fellow journalist Ben (David Ajala), who is also on the cruise.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
With the country music landscape now punctuated by a generation of young songwriters laying bare personal trauma and intense heartache, Whitcomb wanted his first full-length to capture his life so far, darkness be damned.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartache
Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Two games into the 2025-26 season, the heartache that the Sharks have felt in that area has only gotten worse.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Judah The movie version of Laura is very much single, still nursing the heartache of her break-up with fellow journalist Ben (David Ajala), who is also on the cruise.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
With the country music landscape now punctuated by a generation of young songwriters laying bare personal trauma and intense heartache, Whitcomb wanted his first full-length to capture his life so far, darkness be damned.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartache
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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Joy, love, and meaningful connections remain possible beyond the sorrow, stigma, and isolation that often accompany a diagnosis.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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This grim reality evokes a sense of sorrow and powerlessness among women in Paina Bujurg.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The shock that images of the destruction provoke—the grief so many have felt—is not an overreaction to the loss of a beloved building.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was what brought him to grief.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Days full of anguish Thousands of miles away from the ICE detention facility in Michigan, Aurelquis Gómez visits her nephew Noah often.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Director Josh Boone will cut to a goofy montage right after a moment when a character is supposed to be mired in anguish.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The hope of Bucks season is helping with the Brewers heartbreak.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The final episode of the latest season followed the couples on their wedding day and the aftermath, which mostly ended in tears and heartbreak.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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