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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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And—to break at your feet? to break one's heart, do you mean?

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

Somehow I don't think a man would have the heart to break one's heart; but, to be sure, I don't know....

From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny

Is not that enough to break one's heart?

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

They sighed and sobbed enough to break one's heart.

From Honey-Bee 1911 by Lane, Mrs. John

It's enough to break one's heart to think of such a glorious old place in such hands.

From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George