broken heart
noun
devastating sorrow, especially from disappointment in love; heartbreak: When you're young, you think you'll never recover from a broken heart.
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Origin of broken heart
First recorded in 1825–35
Words nearby broken heart
broken chord, broken coal, broken consort, broken-down, broken field, broken heart, brokenhearted, Broken Hill, broken home, broken ice, broken line
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Example sentences from the Web for broken heart
She died of the fever, too—that's some comfort; had she died of a broken-heart, I could not have forgiven myself.
It is revealed to the king in a dream that his wife is innocent, but she soon dies of a broken-heart.
"Of a broken-heart, some of our old nurses told me," replied Oliver: more as if he were talking to himself than answering Noah.
Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read|Charles Dickens"Quit twitting a man with his misfortunes," whined Montezuma, of the now broken-heart.