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heartbreak

[hahrt-breyk]

noun

  1. great sorrow, grief, or anguish.



heartbreak

/ ˈɑːˌɪ /

noun

  1. intense 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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of heartbreak1

First recorded in 1575–85; heart + break
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A pro-Palestinian activist has said she felt "outrage and heartbreak" after being detained in the occupied West Bank.

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"The heartbreak two or three years ago, it really sums it up," Lewis told BBC Sport.

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He signed off "Sir Rod", along with a heartbreak emoji.

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Walter is a slyly adept social critic, and has clearly invested his protagonist with all of the outrage and heartbreak he himself feels about the dark course our world has taken.

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It had not all been heartbreak for Yates at the Giro.

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