heartbreaker

Plural: heartbreakers

Noun

• a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
• a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
• Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:
• A person, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours another person, but does not reciprocate their love.
• Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:
• Something that causes sorrow, grief or extreme disappointment.
• Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:
• A match which ends in defeat for a promising player or team.
• Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:
• A curl or lovelock.

Related Words

broken heart, brokenhearted, brokenheartedly, brokenheartedness, heartbreak, heartbreaking, heartbroken