heartbreak

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈhɑˌrtbreɪk/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Overwhelming distress, grief, or sorrow, especially caused by the loss of a loved one or the end of a romantic relationship.; A cause of great sorrow or disappointment; something that breaks one's heart.; The emotional pain and anguish experienced after a romantic breakup or rejection.; A state of deep emotional suffering or devastation, often used figuratively to describe any profound disappointment.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

pure heartbreaktotal heartbreakcause heartbreakend in heartbreakfull of heartbreak

Derivatives

heartbreakingheartbrokenheartbreakingly

Synonyms

griefsorrowanguishdevastationmiserydespair

Antonyms

joyhappinesselation

Commonly confused

heartache
EN: 'Heartache' implies a milder, more lingering sadness, while 'heartbreak' suggests intense, acute, and overwhelming grief.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word ('heartbreak'), not two ('heart break'). The adjective form is 'heartbreaking' (one word), not 'heart-breaking.'

💬 Examples

  1. The heartbreak of losing her husband after forty years of marriage was almost unbearable.

  2. Watching his team lose the championship in the final seconds was pure heartbreak.

  3. She wrote songs about heartbreak after her fiancé left her at the altar.

  4. The heartbreak of seeing her childhood home demolished for a parking lot brought tears to her eyes.