All heartache synonyms
heart·ache
H h noun heartache
- agony — Agony is great physical or mental pain.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- heartbreak — great sorrow, grief, or anguish.
- torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
- misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- pang — a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- remorse — deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- dolor — sorrow; grief.
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- hurting — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
- broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.