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Meaning of heart balm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.
    countable, idiomatic, uncountable
  2. A fine for a breach of promise (to marry).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Balsam für die Seele

Examples

“So many things, however, are a genuine heartbalm like⟳ the prickles of the Pleiades rising on the night.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

heart block heart bond heart breaker heart cake heart cam heart check

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