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
Nyong’o, even when speaking lines about heartache, rarely registers her secret love for her employer, Duke Orsino (Khris Davis).
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
With my first child the love brought on an almost adolescent sense of heartache.
—Ellyn Gaydos
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Nobody has the market cornered on grief and heartache.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
With my first child the love brought on an almost adolescent sense of heartache.
—Ellyn Gaydos
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Nobody has the market cornered on grief and heartache.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jolie nonetheless manages to bring some palpable life to the role, complicating her otherworldly magnetism with a dawning dread and sorrow.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, the headphones, meant to unify the audience in a shared soundscape, instead isolate viewers into their glowing silos, which feels like an ironic choice for a show supposedly about communal grief.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Devastation and grief coursed through the building, where the president and his aides were in a state of shock.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rather than let his boy be torn apart by terrible creatures in the mist, David uses a gun to mercy-kill them all and screams in anguish because there isn't a bullet left for him.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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While Cherry is more versed at keeping her rage simmering just below the surface, Laura struggles to hide her anguish and disgust, which alarms those closest to her.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What’s a Taylor album with no heartbreak?—
Matthew Schnipper,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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Technically, Joe, your defense did, with an assist from the latest chapter in Browns heartbreak.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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