heartbroken

[ hahrt-broh-kuh n ]

/ ˈhɑrtˌbroʊ kən /

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adjective

crushed with sorrow or grief.

Nearby words

heartbeat, heartbreak, heartbreaker, heartbreaking, heartbreakingly, heartbroken, heartbrokenly, heartburn, heartburning, hearted, heartedly

Origin of heartbroken

First recorded in 1580–90; heart + broken

Related forms

heart·bro·ken·ly, adverbheart·bro·ken·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for heartbroken

And when that happened several months back, the friend said, Brinsley was heartbroken.
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Why do they sincerely try to restore, or preserve, the line between the two, and get heartbroken when the line fails?
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Her heartbroken and horrified brother, Sam Jones, made the identification.
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For now, even the tragedy that left many local people in shock and heartbroken has not brought on a lull in the fighting.
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Cue damaged teenagers, heartbroken parents, and crusading lawyers who blow the whole story open.
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She stood undaunted amid these horrors; but her lover, dismayed and heartbroken, sickened and died.
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Feebly she climbed the long stairs and sat down to wait, heartbroken.
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Clif was so heartbroken at that sudden ending of all his hopes, that he scarcely cared whether he was drowned or not.
A Prisoner of Morro|Upton Sinclair
They really were very merry, and he thought Daffodil was not so much changed after all, nor heartbroken.
A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg|Amanda M. Douglas
Lloyd is so devoted to him that she is heartbroken if he has to be tied up or made uncomfortable in any way.
The Little Colonel's Hero|Annie Fellows Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for heartbroken

heartbroken

/ (ˈhɑːtˌbrəʊkən) /

adjective

suffering from intense grief

Derived Forms

heartbrokenly, adverbheartbrokenness, noun

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