HEARTBREAK

grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness

(noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

heartbreak (countable and uncountable, plural heartbreaks)

overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment

Source: Wiktionary


Heart"break`, n.

Definition: Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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