break someone's heart

Verb

Meaning

cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

harrow dishearten dispirit sadden cast down get down

Antonyms

gladden gratify encourage console rally stimulate
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Hypernyms

pain anguish hurt

Examples

It changes you a little bit every time you either break someone's heart or get your heart broken. Amanda Seyfried

The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

break short break silence break somebody's heart break someone's spirit break someone's will break someone's word