heartbreaker
English
/hɑːt.bɹeɪ.kə/, /hɑɹt.bɹeɪ.kɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Someone, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours a person, but does not reciprocate their love.
- Something that causes sorrow, grief or extreme disappointment.
- (sports) A match which ends in defeat for a promising player or team.
- (role-playing games) An independent role-playing game that attempts to fix various perceived design flaws in an established RPG, but whose few innovations will not reach a wide audience due to its lack of marketability.
- (dated) A curl or lovelock.
Etymology
Compound from English heart + English breaker.
Origin
English
breaker
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elkhart Lake English
- Lionheart English
- antiheart English
- backbreaker English
- ball-breaker English
- beefheart English
- beheart English
- blackheart English
- bladebreaker English
- braveheart English
- break English
- breaker English
- codebreaker English
- dearheart English
- disheart English
- enhearten English
- faintheart English
- falseheart English
- gaolbreaker English
- greenheart English
- groundbreaker English
- heart English
- heart balm English
- heart clover English
- heart starter English
- heart-blood English
- heartache English
- heartake English
- heartbeat English
- heartbond English
- heartbreak English
- heartbreaking English
- heartbroke English
- heartbroken English
- heartburn English
- heartburned English
- heartburning English
- heartcare English
- heartcut English
- heartcutting English
- heartdeep English
- hearted English
- hearten English
- heartface English
- heartfelt English
- heartful English
- heartgrief English
- heartical English
- heartland English
- heartleaf English
- heartless English
- heartlet English
- heartlike English
- heartline English
- heartling English
- heartly English
- heartman English
- heartmate English
- heartnut English
- heartpea English
- heartquake English
- heartrending English
- heartrot English
- heartscape English
- heartsearching English
- heartseed English
- heartsick English
- heartsome English
- heartsong English
- heartsore English
- heartspent English
- heartstopper English
- heartstopping English
- heartstricken English
- heartstring English
- heartstrings English
- heartstruck English
- heartswelling English
- heartthrob English
- heartwater English
- heartwhole English
- heartwood English
- heartworm English
- heartworthy English
- heartwrenching English
- hearty English
- homebreaker English
- horsebreaker English
- housebreaker English
- icebreaker English
- inheart English
- jailbreaker English
- jawbreaker English
- lawbreaker English
- lionheart English
- matchbreaker English
- middlebreaker English
- nonheart English
- nutbreaker English
- oathbreaker English
- oxheart English
- palmheart English
- pathbreaker English
- peacebreaker English
- pseudoheart English
- purpleheart English
- right-hearted English
- rulebreaker English
- safebreaker English
- shipbreaker English
- shopbreaker English
- stonebreaker English
- strikebreaker English
- sweetheart English
- tiebreaker English
- trailbreaker English
- trucebreaker English
- unheart English
- wedbreak English
- xenoheart English
- ハート Japanese
- ブレーカー Japanese
- brekere Middle English
- herte Middle English
- hart Irish
- Heart Cebuano
- 하트 Korean
- হার্ট Bengali
- heartical Jamaican Creole
- at Torres Strait Creole
- heart
- break
- hearty
- oxheart
- breaker
- unheart
- inheart
- heartly
- hearten
- hearted
- beheart
- disheart
- heartman
- nonheart
- heartpea
- heartful
- heartcut
- heartnut
- heartrot
- heartlet
- wedbreak
- heartake
- heartsick
- heartlike
- heartless
- heartline
- antiheart
- enhearten
- heartfelt
- heartcare
- Lionheart
- heartmate
- heartdeep
- heartling
- heartsore
- beefheart
- heartbond
- heartsome
- heartburn
- heartland
- heartface
- heartwood
- heartleaf
- lionheart
- heartical
- xenoheart
- dearheart
- palmheart
- heartseed
- heartache
- heartbeat
- heartsong
- heartworm
- heartbroke
- heartscape
- heart balm
- jawbreaker
- lawbreaker
- heartthrob
- heartquake
- greenheart
- faintheart
- heartgrief
- heartspent
- blackheart
- icebreaker
- heartwater
- falseheart
- nutbreaker
- heartwhole
- tiebreaker
- heartbreak
- braveheart
- sweetheart
- rulebreaker
- heartstring
- gaolbreaker
- shipbreaker
- safebreaker
- jailbreaker
- oathbreaker
- heartbroken
- purpleheart
- pathbreaker
- heart-blood
- backbreaker
- heartworthy
- pseudoheart
- heartstruck
- heartburned
- shopbreaker
- homebreaker
- codebreaker
- peacebreaker
- heartstrings
- heart clover
- heartburning
- trailbreaker
- stonebreaker
- bladebreaker
- heartcutting
- heartrending
- matchbreaker
- horsebreaker
- heartstopper
- ball-breaker
- trucebreaker
- Elkhart Lake
- housebreaker
- groundbreaker
- right-hearted
- heartswelling
- strikebreaker
- heartstricken
- middlebreaker
- heartbreaking
- heart starter
- heartstopping
- heartwrenching
- heartsearching