heartbroken
crushed with sorrow or grief.
Origin of heartbroken
1Other words from heartbroken
- heart·bro·ken·ly, adverb
- heart·bro·ken·ness, noun
Words Nearby heartbroken
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How to use heartbroken in a sentence
“Coco had just been lost and heartbroken without her,” Rountree said.
A dog was missing for weeks. Then it wandered into Walmart and found its owner working at the register. | Sydney Page | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostThe owner of the company recently passed away, and we are heartbroken and completely freaked out.
When a business owner dies without a succession plan, everyone is thrown into turmoil | Karla Miller | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostHarbaugh’s voice has reached the back end of wearied, Herman’s the middle of heartbroken, Frost’s the front edge of sameness.
Once obvious and thrilling, three college football coaching hires have lost their luster | Chuck Culpepper | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostWhen nurses called this Monday to say that she had tested positive, the younger McAlpin said she was heartbroken but not surprised.
Maryland and Virginia nursing homes battle explosive covid-19 outbreaks — again | Rebecca Tan, Rachel Chason | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostMy daughter is heartbroken, disappointed and a little angry, too.
Carolyn Hax: It takes two to tango or feud, so just dance around bride’s snub | Carolyn Hax | October 30, 2020 | Washington Post
Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.
And when that happened several months back, the friend said, Brinsley was heartbroken.
Why do they sincerely try to restore, or preserve, the line between the two, and get heartbroken when the line fails?
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes | Jedediah Purdy | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer heartbroken and horrified brother, Sam Jones, made the identification.
Indiana Serial Killer’s Confession Was Just the Start | Michael Daly | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor now, even the tragedy that left many local people in shock and heartbroken has not brought on a lull in the fighting.
In the Killing Fields of Ukraine with Children Who Saw the MH17 Horror | Anna Nemtsova | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust as we started out of Jackson the conductor led in a young woman sobbing in a heartbroken manner.
He stood before me the most woebegone, heartbroken man I ever saw.
A Confederate Girl's Diary | Sarah Margan DawsonHe retires, abashed and heartbroken, and Castero takes his place.
And so the poor old heartbroken creature had to go to the Governor and get the old man pardoned out.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileIt is what I feared, he said, rising from where he sat reading his great Bible, with an air of heartbroken dejection.
The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher Stowe
British Dictionary definitions for heartbroken
/ (ˈhɑːtˌbrəʊkən) /
suffering from intense grief
Derived forms of heartbroken
- heartbrokenly, adverb
- heartbrokenness, noun
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