heartbreaker

(-ər)

noun

someone or something that causes heartbreak

See heartbreaker in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that causes sorrow, grief, or disappointment: “one young and chaste, the other a dissolute heartbreaker of 48; one prim, the other passionate” (Ellen McGarrahan).
Sports & Games A narrow or last-minute defeat.

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