heartbroken

adjective

heart·​bro·​ken ˈhärt-ˌbrō-kən 

: overcome by sorrow

Synonyms

• bad
• blue
• brokenhearted
• cast down
• crestfallen
• dejected
• depressed
• despondent
• disconsolate
• doleful
• down
• down in the mouth
• downcast
• downhearted
• droopy
• forlorn
• gloomy
• glum
• hangdog
• heartsick
• heartsore
• heavyhearted
• inconsolable
• joyless
• low
• low-spirited
• melancholic
• melancholy
• miserable
• mournful
• sad
• saddened
• sorrowful
• sorry
• unhappy
• woebegone
• woeful
• wretched

Examples of heartbroken in a Sentence

not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be

was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died

Recent Examples on the Web

Reason Dog Was Returned To Shelter Breaks Hearts: ‘Please Don’t Leave Me’ By Maria Azzurra Volpe Life and Trends Reporter 2 A pup named Valentina was returned to a shelter just before the holidays, and her heartbroken face has gone viral on social media. —Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024

Grimes became an orphan a year later at age 15, when her heartbroken father was killed in a car accident. —Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024

Scotty was pretty contrite during the reunion, but Aria was clearly heartbroken. —Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024

There's a century-long country and pop musical lineage of heartbroken young women taking alluring mates turned exes-as-lessons learned to task. —Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 6 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above