English / idiom
Break Someone's Heart
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To cause someone profound sadness, emotional distress, or grief.
In context
01
Abandoning your principles for cheap short-term pleasure will ultimately break someone's heart who believed in you.
02
It will break your mentor's heart to watch you give in to distraction after months of focused progress.
Synonyms
cause profound grief,shatter emotionally,devastate
Antonyms
gladden someone's heart,bring joy,comfort someone
Collocations
utterly break someone's heart,risk breaking someone's heart