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
From her grandfather to her mother and beyond, PKD has woven its way through the family tree, leaving a trail of heartache and hope in its wake.
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Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
While the move came as a shock to some teammates, the breakup was a necessary heartache for both LaVine and the Bulls to start over with a (somewhat) clean slate.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
His heartache over Samia and resentment toward the CIA has coalesced within him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
The day before Lee’s funeral, his brother and mother expressed their heartache and anger after court records revealed Epps was already wanted by police for a felony assault and home invasion that had occurred at the same location six months before Lee’s murder.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
While the move came as a shock to some teammates, the breakup was a necessary heartache for both LaVine and the Bulls to start over with a (somewhat) clean slate.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
His heartache over Samia and resentment toward the CIA has coalesced within him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
The day before Lee’s funeral, his brother and mother expressed their heartache and anger after court records revealed Epps was already wanted by police for a felony assault and home invasion that had occurred at the same location six months before Lee’s murder.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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Residents gathered in Hostages Square, outside Israel's defense headquarters, as sorrow set in across the country.—
Chris Kenning,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The sorrows of the women are also narrativized with poignancy and emotionality.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With his son murdered in 2015, his mother’s illness and eventual transition, his wife passing away in January 2024, and many other instances of loss, Garry was forced to surrender to the reverberating, omnipresent feelings of grief.—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The book explores the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and the need for new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging in turbulent times.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The loss of 67 lives, many of them young people, fills me with anguish.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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It is filled with people waiting for resettlement, living with constant anguish while facing the risk of arrest and deportation.—
Anne Chan,
NBC News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Renditions of those melancholic hymns, which often told of homesickness and heartbreak, played from a speaker in the courtyard.—
Chris Schalkx,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2025
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So the jaded part of me as an almost 33-year-old woman with a lot of heartbreak in my past was like, There’s just no way that this is real.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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