heartbreak

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/
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/ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/ · /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/(US)

Definition of heartbreak

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
    “So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.”

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Etymology

From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.

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