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heartbreak

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heart·break  (härtbrk)
n.
Overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment. See Synonyms at regret.
heartbreak [ˈhɑːtˌbreɪk]
n
intense and overwhelming grief, esp through disappointment in love
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.heartbreakheartbreak - intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
brokenheartedness, grief, heartache
sorrow - an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
dolor, dolour - (poetry) painful grief
heartbreak
noun grief, suffering, pain, despair, misery, sorrow, anguish, desolation suffering and heartbreak for those close to the victims
Translations
heartbreak [ˈhɑːtbreɪk] N → congoja f, sufrimiento m
heartbreak [ˈhɑːrtbreɪk] n → immense chagrin m
heartbreak [ˈhɑːtˌbreɪk] n → immenso dolore m
heartbreak [ˈhɑːtˌbreɪk] n → immenso dolore m


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Tom's heartbreak vanished and he joined the pro- cession, not because he would not a thousand times rather go anywhere else, but because an awful, un- accountable fascination drew him on.
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At sunset the little soul that had come with the dawning went away, leaving heartbreak behind it.
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Wade that this structure which, in the building, had been the sign and symbol of her surrender and heartbreak, now in its destruction, typified Martin's life.
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