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heartbreak

/ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/ noun B2
  1. Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment. (countable, uncountable)

Plural heartbreaks

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As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking out of her tearful eyes.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 288 · C1

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