HEARTACHE
Dictionary entry overview: What does heartache mean? • HEARTACHE (noun)
The noun HEARTACHE has 1 sense:
1. intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
Familiarity information: HEARTACHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HEARTACHE (noun)
Meaning:
Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
brokenheartedness; grief; heartache; heartbreak
Hypernyms ("heartache" is a kind of...):
sorrow (an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heartache"):
dolor; dolour ((poetry) painful grief)
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