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Heartbreak

//ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) wordnet

Etymology

From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.

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