heartache
/ˈhɑːteɪk
/noun [mass noun]
Emotional anguish or grief, typically caused by the loss or absence of someone loved: the familiar pang of heartache [count noun]: a good friend understands your heartaches as well as your joys...
- How do you condense 11 years of fun and love and heartache, worries and accomplishments into a few words?
- The mind boggles at the possibilities, but the pain, heartache, and loss is still there.
- We were a one-man army on a one-man mission; causing heartache and grief to the ones we loved.
Synonyms
anguish, grief, suffering, distress, unhappiness, misery, sorrow, sadness, heartbreak, pain, hurt, agony, angst, wretchedness, despondency, despair, woe, desolation, torment, torture;
anxiety, worry
literary dolour