as in sorrow
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
I understand the heartbreak you must feel over your grandmother's death
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Recent Examples of heartbreak
Woody Allen’s Annie Hall didn’t just speak to the 1970s single folk, but also to any teenager in a future era going through heartbreak.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 June 2025
TikTok users flooded the comments with gratitude and heartbreak.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
When you are cheated on, the heartbreak and devastation that come with that.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 June 2025
The signature love, heartbreak, and reunions filled these last 8 episodes, leading to a shocking season finale revelation that deviated away from the book series.
—Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartbreak
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 June 2025
TikTok users flooded the comments with gratitude and heartbreak.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
When you are cheated on, the heartbreak and devastation that come with that.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 June 2025
The signature love, heartbreak, and reunions filled these last 8 episodes, leading to a shocking season finale revelation that deviated away from the book series.
—Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartbreak
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
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To date, the Facebook post about her story has garnered more than 19,000 reactions, sparking a wave of sorrow and outrage from animal lovers across the country.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Prefaced by a host of personal disasters—the death of her mother’s onetime partner Mary Norcross, her own hospitalization for digestive problems, her mother’s painful shingles and neuralgia—the decade of the 1940s brought sorrow.—
Susan Gubar
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Our expectations are different, and then the grief can be a lot more, and the anger can be a lot more.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the series is described as an ensemble drama with comedy and heart about sisterhood, nature vs nurture, complicated family dynamics, and grief.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Among the thousands left in anguish is Sasha Escalante, a 44-year-old Venezuelan radio producer living in Miami.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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Criminalizing them can lead to extended mental anguish.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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