heartthrob Definition
heart·throb (-t̸hräb′)
noun
- the heartbeat
- ☆ Slang
- tender or mawkish emotion: usually used in pl.
- a sweetheart
heartthrob Usage Examples
Converse of object
- date: Despite dating the pop heartthrob for over a year, the actress has ruled out moving in with him.
- meet: The pop heartthrob met Bruce, who plays John McClane in the action series, while making his forthcoming movie ' Alpha Dog ' .
- become: He really made his early name in the Canadian TV series '21 Jump Street ' , becoming a teen heartthrob.
- have: It is a good thing because if a band has no heartthrobs in it then they might not sell as many records.
Adjective modifier
- teen: He really made his early name in the Canadian TV series '21 Jump Street ' , becoming a teen heartthrob.
- Australian: TORONTO - Australian heartthrob Heath Ledger likes to keep his life simple.
- hunky: Heath Ledger made his name as a hunky teen heartthrob.
- pop: Despite dating the pop heartthrob for over a year, the actress has ruled out moving in with him.
- Irish: If he took some acting lessons, Hollywood would certainly be interested in the Irish heartthrob.
- late: Review: This... movie props stars independent film's latest heartthrob Michael Pitt.. .
Modifies a noun
- actor: Tyneside heartthrob actor Robson Green, former star of TV series Soldier Soldier is to shed his nice guy image.
- singer: A wonderfully phony name - sounds like a Sixties heartthrob pop singer.
- star: The heartthrob star, who has played secret agent 007 since 1995, revealed has he will not be renewing his license to kill.
Noun used with modifier
- pop: She alleged they had two nights of passion together when the pop heartthrob was touring the UK.
- movie: Movie heartthrob Clarke Gable is just one of the American GIs being stationed in Britain to help with the war effort.
- school: Nathan was the school heartthrob and for Abby, the one that got away.
- screen: The handsome star beat off competition from screen heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp to win the award from America's People magazine.
Browse dictionary entries near heartthrob
- ‹ heartstrings
- ‹ heartsome
- ‹ heartsick
- ‹ heartsease
- ‹ heartless
- ‹ heartland
- ‹ heartiness
- ‹ heartily
- ‹ hearthstone
- ‹ hearthside
- heartwarming ›
- heartwood ›
- heartworm ›
- hearty ›
- heat ›
- heat barrier ›
- heat capacity ›
- heat engine ›
- heat exchanger ›
- heat exhaustion ›

