Break Someone's Heart (Verb)
Meaning
Cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- His infidelity broke his wife's heart and their marriage was never the same again.
- The news of her mother's passing broke the little girl's heart and she wept for days.
- He never intended to break her heart but his rejection did just that.
- She was devastated when he broke her heart by walking out on her without any explanation.
- The musician's song about lost love was so poignant it seemed to break everyone's heart in the audience.