heartbreaker

An arc involving a winning lottery ticket and a blackout provides the skeleton of the new plot, and there’s a heartbreaker of a death scene.
How In the Heights went from a student musical to one of the summer’s biggest movies|Constance Grady|June 11, 2021|Vox
Something clicked for Porziņģis in his 10th game back, though, even as he scored just 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting and the Mavs lost a heartbreaker to the Suns.
The Mavericks Bet Big On Kristaps Porziņģis. It’s Paying Off On Offense, But What About Defense?|Jared Dubin|April 14, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
His 5-13 playoff record includes some of the game’s most famous heartbreakers.
Marty Schottenheimer’s legacy can be measured in teams’ regret over letting him go|Leonard Shapiro|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
It is, to borrow the title of an old Adams record, a heartbreaker.
‘Ryan Adams’ Is No Domestic Bliss Album|Keith Phipps|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

New York Times Justin Bieber opens up about Selena Gomez in new song 'Heartbreaker'.
Lady Gaga Goes Naked on ‘ARTPOP’ Album Cover, Miley Cyrus Insults Matt Lauer’s Sex Life|Culture Team|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Randy White's true story can be gleaned from his feverish proposal, and it's a heartbreaker.
A Crime Writer Books Her Favorite Reads|Laura Lippman|March 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I soon noticed a man who was dancing with great assiduity, never stopping once--tall, swarthy, lively--a heartbreaker.
Look Back on Happiness|Knut Hamsun
Its bad to learn hes a heartbreaker, but, after all, then theres all the more incentive to break his heart.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905|Various

British Dictionary definitions for heartbreaker

heartbreaker

/ (ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkə) /

noun

a person or thing that causes intense sadness or disappointment

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