heartache
/ˈhɑːteɪk/noun
उच्चारण हार्टेक
मनोवेदना
Core word
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[U, C]
a strong feeling of sadness or worry
मनोवेदना
- years of heartache
- Losing a pet he had loved for years caused him real heartache.
- The song speaks of love and heartache.
+ 2 more examples
- She suffered heartache when her friend moved away.
- The family went through great heartache after the loss.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
heartache (uncountable and countable)
Heartache is a strong feeling of sadness, often because of a loss or disappointment in love. It is mostly uncountable, but it can be countable in the plural.
Heartache गहरे दुख की भावना है, प्रायः किसी हानि या प्रेम में निराशा के कारण। यह मुख्यतः uncountable है, पर plural में countable भी हो सकता है।
- The film is about love and heartache.
- Years of heartache had left her tired.
cause / suffer / feel + heartache
The verbs cause, bring, suffer, feel and endure fit naturally with heartache.
Heartache के साथ cause, bring, suffer, feel और endure क्रियाएँ स्वाभाविक रूप से आती हैं।
- The loss of his dog caused him great heartache.
- She suffered heartache when her friend moved abroad.
heartache + over / about / at
To say what causes the sadness, use over, about or at after heartache.
दुख का कारण बताने के लिए heartache के बाद 'over', 'about' या 'at' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He felt heartache over his failed exam.
- The mother's heartache at her son's departure was clear.
heartache vs headache / stomachache
Heartache is emotional pain. Headache, toothache and stomachache are physical pains, so heartache is not used for a pain in the chest from illness.
Heartache भावनात्मक पीड़ा है। Headache, toothache और stomachache शारीरिक पीड़ाएँ हैं, इसलिए बीमारी से छाती के दर्द के लिए 'heartache' नहीं आता।
- The film brought heartache, not a headache.
+Collocations 5
adjective + heartache
deepgreatterriblesuddensilent
- A deep heartache showed on her face.
verb + heartache
causebringsuffereaseend
- The war brought heartache to thousands of families.
noun + and + heartache
pain and heartacheloss and heartachetears and heartachelove and heartache
- The song speaks of love and heartache.
heartache + from / over
from betrayalfrom lossover a lost friend
- He recovered slowly from the heartache of betrayal.
heartache + preposition
of a parentfor a lost friendafter a lossat the news
- The news of his transfer was a heartache for his friends.
“More examples 6
- The novel describes the heartache of a mother waiting for her soldier son.
उपन्यास अपने सैनिक बेटे की प्रतीक्षा कर रही माँ की मर्म-पीड़ा का वर्णन करता है।
- Radhika's poem was about the heartache of leaving her hometown.
राधिका की कविता अपने गृहनगर को छोड़ने की मर्म-पीड़ा के बारे में थी।
- Failure in the entrance test caused heartache to many families.
प्रवेश परीक्षा में असफलता ने कई परिवारों को गहरा दुख पहुँचाया।
- There was heartache in the village when the old school closed.
पुराने स्कूल के बंद होने पर गाँव में गहरा दुख छा गया।
- Time can ease the heartache of loss but never erase it.
समय हानि के दुख को कम कर सकता है पर कभी मिटा नहीं सकता।
- Radhika felt a pang of heartache when she saw her old school again.
अपना पुराना स्कूल फिर देखकर राधिका के मन में टीस उठी।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He has a heartache since his brother left.
✓ He has had heartache since his brother left.
With since, use the present perfect, not the simple present.
'Since' के साथ present perfect आता है, simple present नहीं।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: heartache means deep emotional pain.
प्रयोग में heartache का अर्थ गहरा मानसिक दुख है।