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heartbroken

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brokenhearted, inconsolable, forlorn, despairing, dejected, disconsolate, distraught, devastated, wretched, grief-stricken, discouraged

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

full of sorrow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brokenhearted, heartsick

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English broken English heartbroken From heart + broken.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَسِير الْقَلْب (kasīr al-qalb) — suffering from grief
  • Azerbaijani: qəlbiqırıq — suffering from grief
  • Azerbaijani: ürəyi dağlı — suffering from grief
  • Bulgarian: съкрушен (sǎkrušen) — suffering from grief
  • Bulgarian: угнетен (ugneten) — suffering from grief
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心碎 (xīnsuì) — suffering from grief
  • Faroese: hjartabrotin — suffering from grief
  • Finnish: murheen murtama — suffering from grief
  • Finnish: surun murtama — suffering from grief
  • Finnish: murheissaan — suffering from grief
  • Finnish: murheellinen — suffering from grief
  • German: tief betrübt — suffering from grief
  • German: untröstlich — suffering from grief
  • Indonesian: patah hati — suffering from grief
  • Irish: croíbhriste — suffering from grief
  • Malagasy: vaky fo — suffering from grief
  • Māori: pūkatokato — suffering from grief
  • Māori: pākatokato — suffering from grief
  • Māori: tarariki — suffering from grief
  • Polish: zrozpaczony — suffering from grief
  • Polish: ze złamanym sercem — suffering from grief
  • Swedish: hjärtekrossad — suffering from grief
  • Tagalog: nagluluksa — suffering from grief
  • Thai: ตรอมใจ — suffering from grief
  • Thai: ช้ําใจ — suffering from grief
  • Turkish: kalbi kırık — suffering from grief
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