Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break_someone's_heart

1 sense of break someone's heart

Sense 1
break someone's heart -- (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")
       => pain, anguish, hurt -- (cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school")