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
Last season also ended in heartbreak for UConn, after winning the Hockey East regular season title for the second straight season, with a 3-1 loss to Northeastern in the conference semifinals.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Later, artists started singing about romance, booze and heartbreak.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
But just as everything falls into place, a work idea backfires, and the fallout cascades into heartbreak and career setbacks.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
Explores the heartbreak of losing an infant and the love that joins family together.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Later, artists started singing about romance, booze and heartbreak.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
But just as everything falls into place, a work idea backfires, and the fallout cascades into heartbreak and career setbacks.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
Explores the heartbreak of losing an infant and the love that joins family together.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
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Death, fear, and sorrow unify the disparate practices.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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But grief will give you so much more than sorrow.—
Lauren DePino,
CNN Money,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ege, a 31-year-old special education teacher, ended up reaching out to the group Families for Safe Streets, whose members showed up at their apartment shortly after Musyoka’s death to help them through those initial days and weeks of grief.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No adolescent defiance or child’s anguish was visible on his face now.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some critics called for more editorial discipline in the film, or found Lawrence’s onscreen spin cycle of anguish, which involves literally clawing her way up walls or flinging herself through glass doors, to be repetitive.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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