brokenhearted

[broh-kuhn-hahr-tid]

adjective

1. burdened with great sorrow, grief, or disappointment.

   Synonyms: dejected, despondent, heartbroken, heartsick

brokenhearted

/ ˌbrəʊkənˈhɑːtɪd /

adjective

1. overwhelmed by grief or disappointment

Other Word Forms

• brokenheartedly adverb
• brokenheartedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brokenhearted¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

The epilogue to their union is a brokenhearted Jess having an abortion.

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A torrid love triangle ensued, and one of the women left the cruise early, brokenhearted.

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Lizzie Rovzek, who appeared in episodes scattered over five seasons of “RHOC,” wrote, “Love you so much. Amen” on that post, which included the sentence “He heals the brokenhearted and binds their wounds.”

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An adolescent whose life is fractured after he survives an attack in a museum that took his mother, Theo is raised into Manhattan wealth but brokenhearted.

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But before closing the curtain, he is bringing his brokenhearted acoustics and cowboy hat to L.A.’s Wiltern for two sold-out shows on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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