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
With one run in, two men in scoring position and two outs in the ninth inning, Buxton did his best Superman and saved the Twins, robbing Andrew Benintendi of extra bases and eliminating another round of heartbreak.
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Priyanka Chopra is sharing her heartbreak after the mass shooting that killed at least two dozen people, many of them tourists, at a resort in Kashmir, India, on Tuesday, April 22, which authorities described as a terrorist attack.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
This season was a real rough one, just heartbreak after heartbreak.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
In the immediate aftermath of a sports fan’s heartbreak, there is that sliver of time during which all the emotion passes across their face.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Priyanka Chopra is sharing her heartbreak after the mass shooting that killed at least two dozen people, many of them tourists, at a resort in Kashmir, India, on Tuesday, April 22, which authorities described as a terrorist attack.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
This season was a real rough one, just heartbreak after heartbreak.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
In the immediate aftermath of a sports fan’s heartbreak, there is that sliver of time during which all the emotion passes across their face.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
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And then, to forever live on earth, in a place with conflict and pain and sorrow, that’s not her goal.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025
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In churches like this, where belief is expressed in multiple languages, the loss of a pope is a death in the family, and the sorrow, like the faith, runs deep.—
Janet Shamlian,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Physically active grief travel Grief inevitably brings up a swirl of thoughts and emotions.—
Leslie Hsu Oh,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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Grief expert and author David Kessler says that grief must be witnessed, and The Dinner Party premise is about witnessing grief by bringing grievers together in community.—
Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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But Season 2, by leaning so far into its characters’ anguish, has become more circular and suffocating in its storytelling.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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Coogler attempts to out-scare Jordan Peele’s Get Out, using horror tropes to match the anguish expressed by the blues.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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