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
Getting too invested in a result that is only marginally within your control can yield stress and heartbreak.
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Theo Wolf, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Going through all this heartbreak like my mom passing, having children, being married.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 24 June 2025
Both women are unmoored after heartbreaks of different kinds.
—Diana Arterian
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Because perhaps heartbreak is not only a curse, but also a language.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 June 2025
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Theo Wolf, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Going through all this heartbreak like my mom passing, having children, being married.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 24 June 2025
Both women are unmoored after heartbreaks of different kinds.
—Diana Arterian
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Because perhaps heartbreak is not only a curse, but also a language.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartbreak
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
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Not the murder, not the arrival of the addicted sister, but the removal of the boy that has been at the core of so much sorrow and betrayal between the sisters.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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Referencing the push and pull between sorrow and hope, Echakhch transforms water into a metaphor for emotional duality.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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After the trial and sentencings, a noose of grief tightened around the DuFresne family.—
Mary Jane Gibson,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2025
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An unlikely victim Pam has been a grief counselor and a high school dean.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Drawing heavily from Qiu’s biography, My Father’s Son centers on an 18-year-old protagonist, Qiao, who loses his voice while attempting to deliver the eulogy at his father’s funeral and flees in anguish.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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Many of us watch in anguish as our compatriots abandon their homes, desperate for a safe haven beyond the reach of oppression and destruction.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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