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brokenhearted

[ broh-kuhn-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈbroʊ kənˈhɑr tɪd /

adjective

burdened with great sorrow, grief, or disappointment.

Origin of brokenhearted

First recorded in 1520–30

SYNONYMS FOR brokenhearted

heartsick, heartbroken, despondent, dejected.

OTHER WORDS FROM brokenhearted

bro·ken·heart·ed·ly, adverb bro·ken·heart·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby brokenhearted

broken water, broken wind, broken-check, broken-down, broken-field, brokenhearted, broker, broker-dealer, brokerage, brokered convention, broking

Example sentences from the Web for broken-hearted

Instead he offered no comfort to a broken-hearted kid who was receiving death threats.

Alabama Coach Nick Saban’s Folly: Great Coaches Protect Their Players |Stuart Stevens |December 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He even ad-libbed his closing words, quoting Scripture about the need to “heal the broken-hearted and bind up their wounds.”

President Obama Faces Gun Control Dilemma After Connecticut School Shootings |Howard Kurtz |December 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The site operates like a quasi-moderated Internet forum for the broken-hearted.

Hunter Moore, Creator of ‘Revenge Porn’ Website Is Anyone Up?, Is the Internet’s Public Enemy No. 1 |Marlow Stern |March 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
They are broken-hearted that I am not in the race, but I want them to focus on bold solutions, and on defeating Barack Obama.

Herman Cain Speaks on Sex and Politics |Leslie Bennetts |January 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

According to those close to her, Ford was broken-hearted when her daughter and handpicked successor lost her leadership post.

Betty Ford Center's Messy Path After Former First Lady's Death |Lois Romano |November 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Landing in Orkney on the 29th of October, he remained in the palace of Kirkwall, and there died a broken-hearted man.

The Thirsty Sword |Robert Leighton
But he wrote only one solitary letter to the broken-hearted girl and did not come back for nearly two years.

Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard
But what penance shall avail to ease that poor little creature's broken-hearted crying?

The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] |Richard Le Gallienne
I see myself now, face downwards in the orchard grass, broken-hearted by the calamity.

Thirty Years in Australia |Ada Cambridge
If I lost my friends—my dear father or mother—I know I should be broken-hearted.

A True Friend |Adeline Sergeant

British Dictionary definitions for broken-hearted

brokenhearted

/ (ˌbrəʊkənˈhɑːtɪd) /

adjective

overwhelmed by grief or disappointment

Derived forms of brokenhearted

brokenheartedly, adverb brokenheartedness, noun