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break one's heart

VERB
discourage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alarm bother confuse dampen daunt demoralize depress dismay frighten intimidate irk scare trouble unnerve
STRONG
abash afflict awe bully chill cow dash deject deprecate disparage distress droop overawe prostrate repress try vex weigh
WEAK
beat down cast down throw cold water on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist assure calm comfort encourage gladden hearten help inspirit make happy please reassure soothe stimulate uplift
STRONG
allow approve commend compliment laud praise
WEAK
inspire spur on
VERB
sadden
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discourage dishearten dispirit grieve
STRONG
dash deject deplore desolate distress down oppress press
WEAK
bring one down bum out cast down dampen spirits drag down make blue put a damper on put into a funk throw cold water on turn one off weigh down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
encourage hearten inspirit
STRONG
aid assist delight help
WEAK
cheer gladden make happy

Example Sentences

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Is it not better to break one's heart than to break one's soul?

From Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out by Ryder, Annie H

I'll do more than that, my little lamb; and ain't it enough to break one's heart to hear the poor innocent, and she taking it so calm and collected-like?

From The Children's Pilgrimage by Meade, L. T.

The small, everyday duties and the great loves that hold one and keep one and stop one—they it is that break one's heart in two.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

So he began to shriek and to bewail; 'twas enough to break one's heart; and so the king threw his pocket-handkerchief to him to bind his wound.

From Popular Tales from the Norse by Dasent, George Webbe

One could intelligibly break one's heart over that.

From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph