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heartache

How many syllables in heartache?

  2 syllables

Divide heartache into syllables:   heart-ache
Primary syllable stress:   heart-ache
Secondary syllable stress:   heart-ache
How to pronounce heartache:   hahrt-eyk
How to say heartache:

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Synonyms for heartache


2 syllables
  • anguish
  • distress
  • sorrow
  • despair
  • sadness
3 syllables
  • misery
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with heartache

      2 syllables
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