heartbreak

English

Etymology

From heart +‎ break. Compare heartache § Etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɑːt.bɹeɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɑɹt.bɹeɪk/

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Noun

heartbreak (countable and uncountable, plural heartbreaks)

1. overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.

   Synonym: broken heart

   • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• heartbreak grass

Related terms

• break someone's heart
• broken heart (noun), broken-hearted (adj)
• heartachingly (adverb)
• heartbroken (adj)

Translations

anguish

• Aragonese: desamor m
• Bulgarian: силна мъка f (silna mǎka), скръб (bg) m (skrǎb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 破心

• Dutch: hartzeer (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: crève-cœur (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kummer (de) m, Herzeleid (de) n
• Irish: briseadh croí m, crá croí m, croíbhriseadh m
• Italian: crepacuore (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: huamo, tūmatatenga, ahotea, pākikini
• Portuguese: coração partido
• Russian: го́ре (ru) (góre)
• Scottish Gaelic: bristeadh-cridhe m
• Spanish: desamor (es) m, corazón roto (es), corazón destrozado
• Welsh: torcalondid m