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Heartbreak Hotel

Heartbreak Hotel proper noun: the condition of heartbreak resulting from a failed romance.

Proper noun

Heartbreak Hotel

  1. (figuratively) The condition of heartbreak resulting from a failed romance.

Origin of Heartbreak Hotel

Title of a 1956 song by Elvis Presley, inspired by a newspaper article about a lonely man who jumped from a hotel window.

Questions about Heartbreak Hotel

What does Heartbreak Hotel mean?
Heartbreak Hotel means the condition of heartbreak resulting from a failed romance.
What part of speech is Heartbreak Hotel?
Heartbreak Hotel is a proper noun.

Words near Heartbreak Hotel in the dictionary

  1. heartblood
  2. heartbond
  3. heartbonds
  4. heartbreak
  5. heartbreak grass
  6. Heartbreak Hotel
  7. Heartbreak Kid
  8. heartbreaker
  9. heartbreakers
  10. heartbreakin'
  11. heartbreaking

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