heartbreak
/ˈhɑːtbreɪk/noun
उच्चारण हार्ट्ब्रेक
गहरा दुख
Core word
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[U, C]
very great sadness
गहरा दुख
- the heartbreak of losing
- The film is about the heartbreak of leaving home.
- The poem is about love and heartbreak.
+ 2 more examples
- He suffered heartbreak after the team lost its last match.
- The refugees spoke of their heartbreak at leaving home.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
heartbreak (uncountable and countable)
Heartbreak is very great sadness, usually after a loss or a bitter disappointment. It is mostly uncountable, but a particular painful event can be called a heartbreak.
Heartbreak बहुत गहरा दुख है, प्रायः किसी हानि या कड़वी निराशा के बाद। यह मुख्यतः uncountable है, पर किसी विशेष पीड़ादायक घटना को 'a heartbreak' भी कहा जा सकता है।
- The film is a story of love and heartbreak.
- Losing the final was a heartbreak for the whole team.
suffer / experience / cause + heartbreak
Typical verbs are suffer, experience, cause, bring and survive. They show that heartbreak is something that happens to a person.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ suffer, experience, cause, bring और survive हैं। ये दिखाती हैं कि heartbreak किसी व्यक्ति के साथ घटने वाली स्थिति है।
- Many families experienced heartbreak during Partition.
- The accident brought heartbreak to the village.
heartbreak + of / over / at
Use of for the situation or person, over for the matter of grief and at for a feeling on hearing news.
स्थिति या व्यक्ति के लिए 'of', दुख के विषय के लिए 'over', और समाचार सुनकर हुई भावना के लिए 'at' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The heartbreak of leaving home was hard for her.
- He felt heartbreak over losing his old friend.
heartbreak vs heartache
Both mean deep sadness. Heartbreak is usually a sharper, more final blow, such as a loss, while heartache is a longer, quieter pain.
दोनों का अर्थ गहरा दुख है। Heartbreak प्रायः तीखा और अंतिम आघात होता है, जैसे हानि, जबकि heartache लंबी और शांत पीड़ा है।
- The heartbreak of the final defeat was followed by months of heartache.
+Collocations 5
adjective + heartbreak
deepsuddenpersonalsilentnational
- The team's defeat was a national heartbreak.
verb + heartbreak
suffercauseovercomesurviveendure
- She survived the heartbreak of failing the exam twice.
noun + and + heartbreak
joy and heartbreaklove and heartbreakhope and heartbreakpain and heartbreak
- The novel mixes joy and heartbreak.
heartbreak + preposition
heartbreak for the familyheartbreak over the lossheartbreak of parting
- The heartbreak of parting from friends affected the whole class.
heartbreak + noun
heartbreak hotelheartbreak storyheartbreak songheartbreak moment
- The film is a heartbreak story set in a hill town.
“More examples 5
- The loss of the final over was a heartbreak for the crowd.
फ़ाइनल के अंतिम ओवर की हार भीड़ के लिए दिल तोड़ने वाली थी।
- Radhika wrote a poem about the heartbreak of saying goodbye to her school.
राधिका ने अपने स्कूल को अलविदा कहने की पीड़ा पर एक कविता लिखी।
- The story ends in heartbreak, but also in hope.
कहानी दुख में समाप्त होती है, पर आशा में भी।
- The farmers faced heartbreak when the flood destroyed their crop.
बाढ़ ने फसल नष्ट कर दी तो किसानों को गहरा दुख झेलना पड़ा।
- It took him months to recover from the heartbreak.
उस गहरे दुख से उबरने में उसे महीनों लगे।
◇Word family
?Which word?
Keep apart heartbroken (very sad, person) and heartbreaking (causing great sadness, thing).
Heartbroken (बहुत दुखी, व्यक्ति) और heartbreaking (गहरा दुख देने वाला, चीज़) को अलग रखिए।