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
In the doc, Bono re-creates multiple conversations with his dad across time — playing both roles by turning his head from side to side, finding humor and heartache as the camera cuts between the sides of the discussion.
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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 30 May 2025
This mismatch could explain why some AI companionships intensify feelings of loneliness or heartache over time: the body is asking for the physiological correlates of love and receiving none.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Her understanding of how to set up payoffs with hilarity or heartache gives the show its powers.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
Through amazing craftsmanship and technique, the invisible heartache becomes the main character in this all-too-familiar tale.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 30 May 2025
This mismatch could explain why some AI companionships intensify feelings of loneliness or heartache over time: the body is asking for the physiological correlates of love and receiving none.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Her understanding of how to set up payoffs with hilarity or heartache gives the show its powers.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
Through amazing craftsmanship and technique, the invisible heartache becomes the main character in this all-too-familiar tale.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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To date, the Facebook post about her story has garnered more than 19,000 reactions, sparking a wave of sorrow and outrage from animal lovers across the country.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Prefaced by a host of personal disasters—the death of her mother’s onetime partner Mary Norcross, her own hospitalization for digestive problems, her mother’s painful shingles and neuralgia—the decade of the 1940s brought sorrow.—
Susan Gubar
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Our expectations are different, and then the grief can be a lot more, and the anger can be a lot more.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the series is described as an ensemble drama with comedy and heart about sisterhood, nature vs nurture, complicated family dynamics, and grief.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Among the thousands left in anguish is Sasha Escalante, a 44-year-old Venezuelan radio producer living in Miami.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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Criminalizing them can lead to extended mental anguish.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Noun
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When you are cheated on, the heartbreak and devastation that come with that.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
2 June 2025
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For a club that has had glory and heartbreak walk hand-in-hand through the last several decades, Liverpool Football Club was once again enduring a dark moment that marred one of its brightest days.—
Julia Andersen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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