Heartbreaking: alternatives and connections

To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the…

An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

An exclamation expressing sorrow.

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the da…

To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, et…

The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of s…

Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.

That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sor…

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.

To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.