heartbreak

noun
/ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪk/UK/ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/US

Etymology

From heart + break. Compare heartache § Etymology.

  1. inherited from *bʰreg-
  2. inherited from *brekaną
  3. inherited from *brekan
  4. inherited from brecan
  5. inherited from breken
  6. compounded as heartbreak — “heart + break

Definitions

  1. Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at heartbreak. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01heartbreak02disappointment03feeling04sensitive05sensation06contact07touching

A definitional loop anchored at heartbreak. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at heartbreak

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA