heartbreaker

heart·break·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahrt-brey-ker]
- /ˈhɑrtˌbreɪ kər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahrt-brey-ker]
- /ˈhɑrtˌbreɪ kər/

Definitions of heartbreaker word

noun heartbreaker a person, event, or thing causing heartbreak. 1
noun heartbreaker A person who is very attractive but who is irresponsible in emotional relationships. 1
noun heartbreaker good looking person 1
noun heartbreaker a person or thing that causes intense sadness or disappointment 0
noun heartbreaker someone or something that causes heartbreak 0
noun heartbreaker Someone, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours a person, but does not reciprocate their love. 0

See all 8 definitions of heartbreaker

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Origin of heartbreaker

First appearance:

before 1655

One of the 46% oldest English words

1655-65; heartbreak + -er1

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Parts of speech for Heartbreaker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Heartbreaker

heartbreaker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for heartbreaker

noun heartbreaker

casanova — Giovanni Jacopo (dʒoˈvanni ˈjaːkopo). 1725–98, Italian adventurer noted for his Mémoires, a vivid account of his sexual adventures and of contemporary society
lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
romeo — the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
charmer — If you refer to someone, especially a man, as a charmer, you think that they behave in a very charming but rather insincere way.
lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.

All 48 Synonyms of heartbreaker

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