heartbreaker

noun

heart·​break·​er ˈhärt-ˌbrā-kər How to pronounce heartbreaker (audio)
: one that causes heartbreak

Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence

The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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And the story sounds like a heartbreaker, following a composer Elliot (Brody) who invites his daughter Emma (Zegler) on a gay cruise through the Caribbean in 1991 at the height of the AIDS crisis. Brent Lang, Variety, 12 May 2026 And now she's been rewarded by the locker room gods by finding a relationship with Banana-ball heartbreaker Jackson Olson who is considered one of the biggest catches in trick baseball history. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 On January 9 this year, the day after the heartbreaker loss, his waiver request was denied. Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026 Sean Longstaff, Bournemouth’s heartbreaker with a 97th-minute equaliser at Vitality Stadium, had also scored in the reverse fixture. Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heartbreaker

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heartbreaker was in 1837

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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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