heartbreaker
[hahrt-brey-ker]
- a person, event, or thing causing heartbreak.
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Origin of heartbreaker
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Contemporary Examples
It is, to borrow the title of an old Adams record, a heartbreaker.
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But Randy White's true story can be gleaned from his feverish proposal, and it's a heartbreaker.
Historical Examples
Its bad to learn hes a heartbreaker, but, after all, then theres all the more incentive to break his heart.
I soon noticed a man who was dancing with great assiduity, never stopping once--tall, swarthy, lively--a heartbreaker.
Look Back on HappinessKnut Hamsun
heartbreaker
- a person or thing that causes intense sadness or disappointment
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Word Origin and History for heartbreaker
n.
1660s, originally "a fetching lock of hair;" of persons, from 1863; agent noun from heartbreak.
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