heartbreak
nounUK /ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/ · US /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/
Etymology From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.
1
Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
- So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Derived terms
- heartbreak grass
- Related terms
- break someone's heart, broken heart, broken-hearted, heartachingly, heartbroken