Mary was John's heartthrob all through high school.
Source: tatoeba (31943)
Heartthrob
//ˈhɑɹtˌθɹɑb//
Synonyms for "heartthrob" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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6 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- hartslag noun (heartbeat)
Finnish
1 entries- sydämentykytys noun (heartbeat)
French
4 entries- battement de cœur noun (heartbeat)
- chéri noun (sweetheart)
- chérie noun (sweetheart)
- idole noun (handsome male celebrity)
German
1 entries- Herzschlag noun (heartbeat)
Icelandic
1 entries- hjartaknúsari noun (handsome male celebrity)
Italian
1 entries- rubacuori noun (sweetheart)
Māori
2 entries- kaitokomauri noun (sweetheart)
- kuku o te manawa noun (sweetheart)
Polish
1 entries- bicie serca noun (heartbeat)
Portuguese
2 entries- batimento cardíaco noun (heartbeat)
- galã noun (handsome male celebrity)
Russian
1 entries- сердцебие́ние noun (heartbeat)
Spanish
3 entries- galán noun (handsome male celebrity)
- guaperas (despective) noun (handsome male celebrity)
- ídolo noun (handsome male celebrity)
Sample sentences
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For his first state visit to China, South Korean President Moon Jae-in came with an entourage of more than 300 business people, an actress who is wildly popular here and heartthrob boy band EXO, which sings in both Korean and Chinese.
Source: tatoeba (11678582)
And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”
Source: wiktionary
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