brokenhearted

[ broh-kuhn-hahr-tid ]

adjective

1. burdened with great sorrow, grief, or disappointment.

   Synonyms: dejected, despondent, heartbroken, heartsick

brokenhearted

/ ˌbrəʊkənˈhɑːtɪd /

adjective

1. overwhelmed by grief or disappointment

Derived Forms

• ˌbrokenˈheartedly, adverb
• ˌbrokenˈheartedness, noun

Other Words From

• broken·hearted·ly adverb
• broken·hearted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brokenhearted¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

He lay there for several hours, brokenhearted and dazed with pain.

From Literature

Ms. Rollin had been dealing with pain from arthritis and a gastrointestinal condition, she said, and had been brokenhearted since the death of her husband, Harold Edwards, a mathematician, in 2020.

From New York Times

This is especially hard when we are so raw and brokenhearted, but it is critical that we find ways to see one another.

From Los Angeles Times

Cage is deeply affecting, hiding waves of rage and resentment under a steely-soft demeanor in a heartbreaking story about a brokenhearted human.

From New York Times

But Colman explained in a recent interview that costume designer Verity Hawkes wanted to portray the brokenhearted woman as rotting from the inside by darkening her hem to look like there's mold growing through it.

From Salon