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heartbreak

noun

  1. crushing grief, sadness
  2. experience of unrequited love
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Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/ / /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/

noun

Etymology: From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.

  1. 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.