break sb's heart
Definition
B2 to make someone who loves you very sad, usually by telling them you have stopped loving them: He's broken a lot of girls' hearts.Making people sad, shocked and upsetDisappointing yourself and others B2 If an event or situation breaks your heart, it makes you feel very sad: She really broke her mother's heart when she left home.Making people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of break sb's heart from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aback adverb
- amiss adjective
- appal verb
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bother verb (WORRY)
- go/fall to pieces idiom
- grieve verb
- haunt verb (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify verb
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- offend verb (UPSET)
- offense noun
- shake sb up phrasal verb
- shocker noun
- sorrow verb
- sting verb (HURT)
- take sb aback phrasal verb
- tear sb apart phrasal verb
- toxic adjective (UNPLEASANT)
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