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heartbreak

UK/ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/US/ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableOverwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
    1 more example

    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), archived from the original on 23 Oct 2013

    Synonyms: broken heart

In a sentence

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), archived from the original on 23 Oct 2013

Where it comes from

From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.

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