heartbreaker

[ hahrt-brey-ker ]

noun

1. a person, event, or thing causing heartbreak.

Word History and Origins

Origin of heartbreaker¹

1655–65; heartbreak + -er 1

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From FiveThirtyEight

His 5-13 playoff record includes some of the game’s most famous heartbreakers.

From Washington Post

It is, to borrow the title of an old Adams record, a heartbreaker.

From The Daily Beast

New York Times Justin Bieber opens up about Selena Gomez in new song 'Heartbreaker'.

From The Daily Beast

But Randy White's true story can be gleaned from his feverish proposal, and it's a heartbreaker.

From The Daily Beast

I soon noticed a man who was dancing with great assiduity, never stopping once--tall, swarthy, lively--a heartbreaker.

From Project Gutenberg

Its bad to learn hes a heartbreaker, but, after all, then theres all the more incentive to break his heart.

From Project Gutenberg

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