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heartake

heartake is the obsolete spelling of heartache.

Meaning of heartache

Noun

heartache (countable and uncountable, plural heartaches)

  1. Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.
    • […]: to dye, to ſleepe, / No more; and by a ſleepe, to ſay we end / The Heart-ake, and the thouſand Naturall ſhockes / That Fleſh is heyre too?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of heartake

pluralheartakes

Origin of heartake

From heart + ake.

Questions about heartake

What is heartake the obsolete spelling of?
Heartake is the obsolete spelling of heartache.

Words near heartake in the dictionary

  1. heartaches
  2. heartachey
  3. heartaching
  4. heartachingly
  5. heartachy
  6. heartake
  7. heartakes
  8. heartattack
  9. heartbalm
  10. heartbalms
  11. heartbeat

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