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Synonyms & Antonyms of heartache
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
- the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war
Synonyms for heartache
Words Related to heartache
- blue devils,
- blues,
- dejection,
- depression,
- desolateness,
- desolation,
- despair,
- despondence,
- despondency,
- disconsolateness,
- dispiritedness,
- distress,
- doldrums,
- downheartedness,
- dreariness,
- dumps,
- forlornness,
- gloom,
- gloominess,
- glumness,
- heartsickness,
- joylessness,
- melancholy,
- miserableness,
- misery,
- mopes,
- oppression,
- sorrowfulness,
- unhappiness,
- woefulness,
- wretchedness
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The first known use of heartache was in 1578
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