HEARTACHE

grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness

(noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

heartache (countable and uncountable, plural heartaches)

Very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress

Source: Wiktionary


Heart"ache`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. heortece.]

Definition: Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 November 2024

AWRY

(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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