heartbreak
noun
- crushing grief, sadness
- experience of unrequited love
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/ / /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/
noun
Etymology: From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.
- Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
“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.”