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
Going through heartache, but also seeing each other succeed and ascend in this league.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Running underneath all of our efforts was heartache, sorrow, and anxiety over her loss.
—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
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
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Running underneath all of our efforts was heartache, sorrow, and anxiety over her loss.
—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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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And that's appropriate; coziness and sorrow are not mutually exclusive.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Teams and players in the sport expressed sorrow about the news.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Ege, a 31-year-old special education teacher, ended up reaching out to the group Families for Safe Streets, whose members showed up at their apartment shortly after Musyoka’s death to help them through those initial days and weeks of grief.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No adolescent defiance or child’s anguish was visible on his face now.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some critics called for more editorial discipline in the film, or found Lawrence’s onscreen spin cycle of anguish, which involves literally clawing her way up walls or flinging herself through glass doors, to be repetitive.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
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Plus, as someone who runs a love expert app, Singh gets the sting of heartbreak all too well.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even though All’s Fair has served up its share of heartbreak and deception, here's everything to know about the real-life loves of the All's Fair cast.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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