heartbreaks
Love's crushing blows
Heartbreaks is the plural of heartbreak—instances of deep emotional pain, typically from loss or disappointment in love.
The word suggests grief intense enough to feel physical: She's had her share of heartbreaks.
Beyond romance, heartbreaks can come from any crushed hope: the heartbreaks of a long political career.
Romantic relationship's termination
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- betrayalBreaking of trust
infidelity · separation · ghosting · dumped · cheating · lost love · affair · longing
Being without something
- deathCessation of life
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
goodbye · passing · widowed · orphaned · memorial · absence · departed · gone
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- nationalOf a country
- communityCollective of connected people
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
tribute · vigil · solidarity · mourning · aftermath · resilience · healing · unity
Emotional separation between people
- prodigalRashly wasteful spender
- disownedRejected familial ties
- custodyProtective care or control
- adoptionLegal family formation
foster · reunion · sibling · parent · child · generational · rift · inheritance
Hopes violently ended
- failureLack of success
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- crushed hopesDestroyed expectations
setback · defeat · unfulfilled · dashed · fallen through · missed opportunity · regret · aspiration
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
betrayal · infidelity · separation · ghosting · dumped · cheating · lost love · affair · longing · yearning
loss
Being without something
- deathCessation of life
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
funeral · goodbye · passing · widowed · orphaned · memorial · absence · departed · gone · missing
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
memorial · tribute · vigil · solidarity · mourning · aftermath · resilience · healing · unity · remembrance
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
adoption · foster · reunion · sibling · parent · child · generational · rift · inheritance · favoritism
shattered dreams
Hopes violently ended
- failureLack of success
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
crushed hopes · setback · defeat · unfulfilled · dashed · fallen through · missed opportunity · regret · aspiration · career
heartbreakstrue loves
Ideal romantic partners
happily ever afters · love stories · falling in love · weddings · unions
heartbreakstriumphs
Overwhelming victories
dreams come true · fulfillments · happy endings · victories · breakthroughs
- first heartbreakLove's earliest wound
- Heartbreak HotelFamous song about romantic anguish
- heartbreak songTune about romantic loss