Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment. synonym: regret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Overwhelming sorrow or grief. Also
heartbreaking . - To break the heart of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
overwhelming mental anguish orgrief , especially that caused byloss ordisappointment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
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Examples
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Alexa Ray Joel writes on her Facebook page that she was suffering from what she called heartbreak-related depression.
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But great stamina heading up what we call heartbreak hill or cardiac hill right there at Piedmont Hospital.
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But Donna's heartbreak is all tied up in what happened to Rose ... because it was about creating this false Doctor ... and Rose is the one the Doctor was happiest with, despite everything people say, Rose is the one he would run to embrace.
Doctor Who...another way to fix JE... rabid1st 2009
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The tricky (and often misunderstood) ending theorizes that trying to remedy the situation with technology could result in heartbreak a million fold.
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Some 45 years or so after the fact, and the heartbreak is still there.
Abortion Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry | Her Bad Mother 2009
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For too many, the story ends in heartbreak and tragedy.
Wayne Pacelle: Not All Race Horses Have A Hollywood Ending Wayne Pacelle 2010
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Julia Jones: The heartbreak is a very universal emotion and most of us have felt that – I have.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR OCTOBER 27TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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For too many, the story ends in heartbreak and tragedy.
Wayne Pacelle: Not All Race Horses Have A Hollywood Ending Wayne Pacelle 2010
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BounceBack helps people find happiness after heartbreak from a relationship breakup or divorce.
Mary Darling Montero, LCSW: Can Your Partner Really Change? LCSW Mary Darling Montero 2010
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For too many, the story ends in heartbreak and tragedy.
Wayne Pacelle: Not All Race Horses Have A Hollywood Ending Wayne Pacelle 2010
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Other researchers have linked Watch Nights to a pre-emancipation ritual known as Heartbreak Day on Janury 1, "when slave families anticipated being split up as owners would balance their books by auctioning off slaves, as well as hogs and horses."
Waiting/Weighting/Wading Time: Juneteenth, Watch Night, + Emancipation Day 2023
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