aching heart



aching heart

A feeling of pain or despair in the absence of someone one loves. I had such an aching heart during the holidays this year, the first ones without my mother.
See also: aching, heart

aching heart

Fig. the feeling of pain because of love that is lost or has faded away. (Described as being in the heart, where love is said to reside.) I try to tell my aching heart that I don't love him.
See also: aching, heart

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ApolÓNiaə-poo-LAW-nyəPortuguese
Ulyssesyoo-LIS-eez (English)Roman Mythology, English
Costelko-STELRomanian
Inger['iŋgə]
Eder (1)-Biblical
Georginezhor-ZHEENFrench