broken heart

noun

A feeling of grief or loss, especially after a failed romantic relationship.

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heartbreak
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Meanings

nounbroken heart (plural broken hearts)

plural broken hearts

  1. idiomaticA feeling of grief or loss, especially after a failed romantic relationship.

    Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart

    1982, Michael Cleveland, “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, performed by Indeep
    1 more example

    It took all the strength I had, not to fall apart / Just tryin' hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart

    1978, Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren, “I Will Survive”, in Love Tracks, performed by Gloria Gaynor

    Synonyms: heartbreak

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA feeling of grief or loss, especially after a failed romantic relationship.

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heartbreak
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heartbreak

Translations

Bengali ভগ্ন হৃদয়
  • ভগ্ন হৃদয় (bhogno hridoẏ)feeling of grief or loss
Chinese Mandarin 失戀 /失恋, 破碎的心
  • 失戀 /失恋 (shīliàn)feeling of grief or loss
  • 破碎的心 (pòsuì-de xīn)feeling of grief or loss
Dutch gebroken hart
  • gebroken hartfeeling of grief or loss
Esperanto rompita koro
  • rompita korofeeling of grief or loss
Finnish särkynyt sydän
  • särkynyt sydänfeeling of grief or loss
French cœur blessé, cœur brisé
  • cœur blesséfeeling of grief or loss
  • cœur briséfeeling of grief or loss
German gebrochenes Herz, zerissenes Herz
  • gebrochenes Herzfeeling of grief or loss
  • zerissenes Herzfeeling of grief or loss
Hebrew לב שבור
  • לב שבור (lev shavúr)feeling of grief or loss
Italian cuore spezzato
  • cuore spezzatofeeling of grief or loss
Japanese 失恋, ブロークンハート
  • 失恋 (shitsuren)feeling of grief or loss
  • ブロークンハート (burōkenhāto)feeling of grief or loss
Korean 실연
  • 실연 (siryeon)feeling of grief or loss
Lithuanian sudužusi širdis
  • sudužusi širdisfeeling of grief or loss
Polish złamane serce
  • złamane sercefeeling of grief or loss
Portuguese coração partido
  • coração partidofeeling of grief or loss
Romanian inimă rănită
  • inimă rănităfeeling of grief or loss
Russian разби́тое се́рдце
  • разби́тое се́рдце (razbítoje sérdce)feeling of grief or loss
Spanish corazón partido
  • corazón partidofeeling of grief or loss
Swedish brustet hjärta
  • brustet hjärtafeeling of grief or loss
Tamil மனமுறிவு
  • மனமுறிவு (maṉamuṟivu)feeling of grief or loss
Thai อกหัก
  • อกหัก (òk hàk)feeling of grief or loss
Turkish kırık kalp
  • kırık kalpfeeling of grief or loss
Ukrainian розби́те се́рце
  • розби́те се́рце (rozbýte sérce)feeling of grief or loss
Vietnamese vỡ tim
  • vỡ timfeeling of grief or loss
Welsh tor calon, toriad calon
  • tor calonfeeling of grief or loss
  • toriad calonfeeling of grief or loss
Cite this entry
APA

broken heart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broken%20heart

MLA

“broken heart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broken%20heart. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broken heart,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broken%20heart.

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