heartbroken

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adjective

Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

“When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken.”

Similar
brokenheartedinconsolableforlorndespairingdejecteddisconsolatedistraughtdevastated
OriginEnglish broken ← Middle English herte ← Old English heorte →
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Meanings

adjectiveheartbroken (comparative more heartbroken, superlative most heartbroken)

comparative more heartbroken · superlative most heartbroken

  1. idiomaticSuffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

    When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken.

    Synonyms: brokenhearted, inconsolable, forlorn, despairing, dejected, disconsolate, distraught, devastated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSuffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

Similar
brokenheartedinconsolableforlorndespairingdejecteddisconsolatedistraughtdevastatedwretchedgrief-strickendiscouraged

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefull of sorrow

Similar
brokenheartedheartsicksorrowful
Also see
brokenheartedheartsicksorrowful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱérd
  3. Proto-Germanic*hertô
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hertā
  5. Old Englishheorte
  6. Middle Englishherte
  7. Englishheart
  8. Englishbroken
  9. Englishheartbroken

From heart + broken.

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Translations

Arabic كَسِير الْقَلْب
  • كَسِير الْقَلْب (kasīr al-qalb)suffering from grief
Bulgarian съкрушен, угнетен
  • съкрушен (săkrušen)suffering from grief
  • угнетен (ugneten)suffering from grief
Chinese Mandarin 心碎
  • 心碎 (xīnsuì)suffering from grief
Finnish murheen murtama, surun murtama
  • murheen murtamasuffering from grief
  • surun murtamasuffering from grief
  • murheissaansuffering from grief
  • murheellinensuffering from grief
German tief betrübt, untröstlich
  • tief betrübtsuffering from grief
  • untröstlichsuffering from grief
Indonesian patah hati
  • patah hatisuffering from grief
Irish croíbhriste
  • croíbhristesuffering from grief
Māori pūkatokato, pākatokato
  • pūkatokatosuffering from grief
  • pākatokatosuffering from grief
  • tararikisuffering from grief
Polish zrozpaczony, ze złamanym sercem
  • zrozpaczonysuffering from grief
  • ze złamanym sercemsuffering from grief
Swedish hjärtekrossad
  • hjärtekrossadsuffering from grief
Tagalog nagluluksa
  • nagluluksasuffering from grief
Thai ตรอมใจ, ช้ำใจ
  • ตรอมใจsuffering from grief
  • ช้ำใจsuffering from grief
Turkish kalbi kırık
  • kalbi kırıksuffering from grief
Cite this entry
APA

heartbroken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartbroken

MLA

“heartbroken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartbroken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heartbroken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartbroken.

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