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
Reality television has always relied on emotional stakes: heartbreak, tension, drama.
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
This little life is proof that even in the waiting, even in the heartbreak, miracles are still being written.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 23 May 2025
And of all the heartbreak Indiana has caused Knicks fans over the years, this might be the most searing.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 22 May 2025
So why do winemakers and drinkers put up with all this heartbreak?
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
This little life is proof that even in the waiting, even in the heartbreak, miracles are still being written.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 23 May 2025
And of all the heartbreak Indiana has caused Knicks fans over the years, this might be the most searing.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 22 May 2025
So why do winemakers and drinkers put up with all this heartbreak?
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
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Long time residents throughout the Bay Area and beyond will recall the shock and sorrow of Nov. 27, 1978, when White walked into City Hall and shot Milk and Moscone.—
Georgia Rowe,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
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In fact, research has found that some animal species may indeed use wit to strengthen their bonds in the same way that many have the capacity for love, fear, sorrow, guilt, anger, shame, disgust and empathy – and that primates smile and some rats can giggle.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Healing from this kind of grief requires being honest with yourself about your emotions.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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While navigating the grief of losing her mother and being the new girl in town, Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who died from pneumonia.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The victim’s scream of anguish is captured in the video.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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Rite of Spring is the Pièce de resistance of the exhibition and features a mass of writhing bodies morphing into each other, women giving birth, androgynous figures and figures with expressions of anguish.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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