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[ broh-kuhn-hahr-tid ] / ˈbroʊ kənˈhɑr tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR brokenhearted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveburdened with great sorrow, grief, or disappointment. Origin of brokenheartedFirst recorded in 1520–30 SYNONYMS FOR brokenheartedheartsick, heartbroken, despondent, dejected. SEE SYNONYMS FOR brokenhearted ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM brokenheartedbro·ken·heart·ed·ly, adverbbro·ken·heart·ed·ness, nounWords nearby brokenheartedbroken coal, broken consort, broken-down, broken field, broken heart, brokenhearted, Broken Hill, broken home, broken ice, broken line, broken lot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brokenheartedHis little son with him is brokenhearted, because he didn't think his father would do anything like that. Mel Brooks’s 11 Favorite Movie Scenes: ‘Psycho’ to ‘Some Like It Hot’|Mel Brooks|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST On Pushing Daisies, her Olive Snook was lonely, lovesick, and brokenhearted, while still positively hysterical. Kristin Chenoweth on Her Darker Role in ‘Family Weekend’|Kevin Fallon|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. Obama Chokes Up During Newtown Statement: Full Transcript and Video|The Daily Beast|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST It would be idle to paint the misery of this brokenhearted woman. The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II.|John Lothrop Motley
The loyal Jules' crude attempt to console the brokenhearted hunter went unheard. The Whelps of the Wolf|George Marsh The brokenhearted mother survived the tragical interruption of her late happy days but a few months. Ten Years Among the Mail Bags|James Holbrook Tennyson is too noble, too Anglais; when he should have been brokenhearted, he had many reminiscences. The Trembling of the Veil|William Butler Yeats And there she is, all dragged and bruised and brokenhearted by it. Sweet Cicely|Josiah Allen's Wife: Marietta Holley
British Dictionary definitions for brokenhearted
adjectiveoverwhelmed by grief or disappointment Derived forms of brokenheartedbrokenheartedly, adverbbrokenheartedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to brokenheartedcrestfallen, desolate, despairing, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, heartbroken, heartsick, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, sorrowful, wretched, crushed, grieved, heartsore, prostrated |