heartbroken

adjective

heart·​bro·​ken ˈhärt-ˌbrō-kən How to pronounce heartbroken (audio)
: overcome by sorrow

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
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While the feline escaped unscathed, Lex admitted the incident left her heartbroken. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025 That’s not to say Moore wasn’t heartbroken or incredibly stressed out during the wildfires. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025 But making Anna a music-biz manager trying to keep her heartbroken client Ella (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) from a meltdown on the eve of a big concert at the Wiltern is just a laborious way of wedging Anna’s former band, Pink Slip, into a splashy concert climax. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 But his chosen career path ended his life — and nearly killed his heartbroken father, who suffered a stroke upon hearing the news that his son had been gunned down. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartbroken

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heartbroken was in 1572

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“Heartbroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbroken. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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