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
Jesa lands in the solid middle, its strongest sequences resonating with the complexities and specificities of first-generation heartache.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
Getting attached to players can sometimes bring heartache.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
This is a woman who has lived through heartache, struggled with anxiety, loved and lost, and endured the raw grind of intense therapy to land at her current state of self-acceptance.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
After dropping an overtime heartache to rival Oklahoma in Saturday’s regular-season finale, Texas basketball will have to traverse the SEC Tournament without a first-round bye.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
Getting attached to players can sometimes bring heartache.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
This is a woman who has lived through heartache, struggled with anxiety, loved and lost, and endured the raw grind of intense therapy to land at her current state of self-acceptance.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
After dropping an overtime heartache to rival Oklahoma in Saturday’s regular-season finale, Texas basketball will have to traverse the SEC Tournament without a first-round bye.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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Of those witnesses, only one testified to seeing Tex show any signs of sorrow.—
Lauren A. White,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Redemptive suffering Shared sorrow is a key part of Iran’s Twelver Shiite identity, which venerates the Prophet Muhammad’s family through daughter Fatima and cousin and son-in-law, Ali.—
Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both reflect a deep passion for a particular place—Johnson’s Middle Tennessee, Hiaasen’s South Florida—and a mixture of exasperation and grief at the destruction of the natural world to make room for megamansions and toxic waste dumps.—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Lawrence explained that the series was originally designed around a three-season arc focusing on grief, forgiveness and moving forward.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Large statues of the Virgin Mary show her in various states of mourning, even in anguish.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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Without a diagnosis, people are unsure about how a condition might progress over time, and this can be a great source of anguish for both patients and their families.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Three Days of Near-Misses The search was not without heartbreak.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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For more than four decades, the Korean immigrant has worked at the shop near Travis Air Force Base, hearing countless stories of loss, sacrifice and heartbreak from military families and service members.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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