heartbreak

Noun

Meaning

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

heartache grief brokenheartedness rue bale depression blues pain suffering disaster anxiety torture distress mourning regret
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Antonyms

bliss felicity beatitude glee health rapture
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Hypernyms

sorrow

Hyponyms

dolor dolour

Examples

I don't get why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other bone in my body is broken too. Jared Leto

He said to me, "It will always be difficult, but if you cry like this every time, you will die of heartbreak. Just know it is enough sometimes to know it is difficult." Chris Abani

Every song is something that I've been through or an emotion I've felt - like falling in love or heartbreak. Ashlee Simpson

Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss. Helen Fielding

Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson. Jon Voight

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. James Baldwin

Close letter words and terms

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