heartbreak

noun

ˈhärt-ˌbrāk How to pronounce heartbreak (audio)
Definition of heartbreaknext
as in sorrow
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved I understand the heartbreak you must feel over your grandmother's death

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Recent Examples of heartbreak The tone of the game constantly swings between the heartbreak of Zoe’s history, the depression of Mio’s, and the more ludicrously nefarious affairs of Rader and his corporation. — Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025 The show also included a tribute to the history and impact of jazz through stories of grief, love, heartbreak and loss. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025 Renditions of those melancholic hymns, which often told of homesickness and heartbreak, played from a speaker in the courtyard. — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025 Paquita la del Barrio rose to fame with her anthems about infidelity and heartbreak. — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartbreak
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  1. sorrow
  2. grief
  3. anguish
Noun
  • In this moment of sorrow, my thoughts and those of the entire Formula 1 family are with his family and loved ones'.
    — Dan Cancian, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • McIlroy expressed his sorrow and predicted that the 15-time major champion will be unable to play for the rest of the season.
    — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of sorrow
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  • Fox Valley Hands of Hope has provided grief support to adults, children and families in the area since 1981, with no charge for services, the release noted.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Death Takes Me, instead, suggests that personal grief and political anger can find expression, too, through ambiguity and irony—and even laughter.
    — Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of grief
Noun
  • The first Trump Administration didn’t deliver many material gains to the rural poor—deaths of despair continued to rise, and wages continued to stagnate—but at least Trump spoke to their anguish and seemed outraged on their behalf.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Garcia’s damages included physical pain, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, humiliation, inconvenience, grief, disfigurement, physical impairment, anxiety and emotional distress, according to a recording of the verdict from Courtroom View Network.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of anguish

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