Synonyms
- bad
- blue
- cast down
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- despondent
- disconsolate
- doleful
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- droopy
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- hangdog
- heartbroken
- heartsick
- heartsore
- heavyhearted
- inconsolable
- joyless
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- sad
- saddened
- sorrowful
- sorry
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
Examples of brokenhearted in a Sentence
She was brokenhearted when her boyfriend left her.
she was brokenhearted when the relationship ended
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On his confessional third studio album, Something to Give Each Other, Troye Sivan explores all the ways that love can be shared — and taken away — while offering a buoyant rallying cry for the brokenhearted.
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Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
No excess of sentiment whatsoever, though, good lord, there could have been, since the live musical accompaniment is a string of brokenhearted hits from the 1960s by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
—Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
What if all the brokenhearted people living in the world agreed?
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
In the foreground, Chase and Konner focus on their sad coming-of-age fable, hinging on a brokenhearted betrayal involving Tony and Dickie.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2021
The cliche of the brokenhearted entertainer trying, and failing, to put on a good face is awfully threadbare.
—Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2018
The brokenhearted community was still trying to absorb its meaning when, later that same Sunday, a mass shooting unleashed on a crowd in an outdoor concert in Las Vegas killed 58 people.
—Joe Robertson, kansascity, 5 Nov. 2017
The brokenhearted father joined the British in New York and recruited eight others, only to be seized on a brief furlough home and hanged for treason in March 1777, six months after Hale.
—Caitlin Fitz, WSJ, 11 July 2017
Bergquist knows the billionaire and the brokenhearted woman would be perfect for each other.
—Keith Sharon, Orange County Register, 24 Mar. 2017
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Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
No excess of sentiment whatsoever, though, good lord, there could have been, since the live musical accompaniment is a string of brokenhearted hits from the 1960s by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
—Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
What if all the brokenhearted people living in the world agreed?
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
In the foreground, Chase and Konner focus on their sad coming-of-age fable, hinging on a brokenhearted betrayal involving Tony and Dickie.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2021
The cliche of the brokenhearted entertainer trying, and failing, to put on a good face is awfully threadbare.
—Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2018
The brokenhearted community was still trying to absorb its meaning when, later that same Sunday, a mass shooting unleashed on a crowd in an outdoor concert in Las Vegas killed 58 people.
—Joe Robertson, kansascity, 5 Nov. 2017
The brokenhearted father joined the British in New York and recruited eight others, only to be seized on a brief furlough home and hanged for treason in March 1777, six months after Hale.
—Caitlin Fitz, WSJ, 11 July 2017
Bergquist knows the billionaire and the brokenhearted woman would be perfect for each other.
—Keith Sharon, Orange County Register, 24 Mar. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1526, in the meaning defined above
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“Brokenhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brokenhearted. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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adjective
bro·ken·heart·ed
ˌbrō-kən-ˈhärt-əd 
: overwhelmed by grief
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