heartache n : intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) [syn: grief, heartbreak, brokenheartedness]

English

Alternative spellings

• heart-ache

Noun

1. Very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress

Translations

• Finnish: sydänsuru, murhe
• Serbian: srcobolja

Heartache may refer to:

• The emotional state of heartache, Love sickness
• "heart ache", the first EP released by jesu (band)
• "It's a Heartache", a song and album by Bonnie Tyler
• "Heartache (album)", an album featuring Erykah Badu
• A short story by Anton Chekhov
• "Swing the heartache" song by Bauhaus (band)
• Single in early 1987 sung by Pepsi and Shirlie
• "The End of Heartache", an album by Killswitch Engage

aching heart, affliction, agony, agony of mind, anguish, bale, bitterness, bleeding heart, broken heart, brokenheartedness, care, crushing, depression, depth of misery, desolation, despair, dole, extremity, grief, heartbreak, heartbrokenness, heartsickness, heartsoreness, heavy heart, infelicity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, prostration, regret, rue, sadness, suicidal despair, woe, wretchedness