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Heartbreak

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk

Definitions

Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

14 more languages
العربيةالأسى
Българскискръб
Bosanskiгоре
Hrvatskiгоре
Italianocrepacuore
日本語悲痛断腸
Te Reo Māoriahotea
Nederlandshartzeer
Русскийгоре
Српскигоре

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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