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noungreat sorrow, grief, or anguish. Origin of heartbreakFirst recorded in 1575–85; heart + break Words nearby heartbreakheartache, heart and soul, heart attack, heartbeat, heart block, heartbreak, heartbreaker, heartbreaking, heartbroken, heartburn, heartburning Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for heartbreakIndeed, from these posts, the shooting seems to born out of that heartbreak. The Homecoming Prince Who Tweeted His Killing Spree|Brandy Zadrozny|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Amia, Louie's temporary girlfriend, is gone, leaving him to wallow in his heartbreak—at least for a few scenes. Louie Attempts Rape (and Explores the ‘Nice Guy’ Phenomenon)|Amy Zimmerman|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST But, at least with his new disco campaign ad, he'll be channeling Kanye West by adding some 808s to his likely heartbreak tonight. Texas's Disco Candidate For Lieutenant Governor|Ben Jacobs|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The stages of heartbreak are similar to the recognized stages of bereavement: shock, denial, grief, anger, finally acceptance. Psychologists View Both Divorce and Marriage as Major Life Stresses|Emma Woolf|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many more died on uninhabited islands, victims of tropical diseases, hunger and heartbreak. Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus|Katie Baker|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST David M. Osborne backed a new self-binder, lost a million, and died of heartbreak. The Romance of the Reaper|Herbert Newton Casson He tried to mask his heartbreak by going about as before and appearing often in public. Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune This broke her down again, and there was another scene that was full of heartbreak. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) I could have faced pain and anxiety and heartbreak undauntedly, but I could not face that terrible, yawning, barren emptiness. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922|Lucy Maud Montgomery "No; nor 'heartbreak' either," said the doctor, helping himself to one of the colonel's cigars. The Desert and The Sown|Mary Hallock Foote
British Dictionary definitions for heartbreak
nounintense and overwhelming grief, esp through disappointment in love Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to heartbreakheartache, pain, agony, sorrow, bitterness, grief, suffering, despair, torment, woe, remorse, anguish, regret, distress, torture, desolation, rue, affliction, bale, care |