1
as in sad
feeling unhappiness
not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be
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2
as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died
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Recent Examples of heartbroken
The most painful part, the tragedy of our lives, was that Brenda was heartbroken.
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
This isn't the first time the internet has been left heartbroken when a dog didn't want to play.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
My newlywed wife was heartbroken.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Determined to help her new friend across the melting ice, April takes off on an adventure — one that might not only help save the bear but could also rebuild her heartbroken relationship with her father.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
This isn't the first time the internet has been left heartbroken when a dog didn't want to play.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
My newlywed wife was heartbroken.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Determined to help her new friend across the melting ice, April takes off on an adventure — one that might not only help save the bear but could also rebuild her heartbroken relationship with her father.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbroken
Adjective
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How’s this for a sad old country tune?—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The results were a shock to the family, but one that was tinged with a sad realization.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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He was told by Talent Relations that the creative team was unhappy with him.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The now-37-year-old wasn’t unhappy with her job.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In this context, even a simple boast about wielding a Beretta sounded mournful.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Lit only by a halo-like light overhead, Wayans stares blankly at the screen, smoking a cigar — and breaking down in mournful tears.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The writer, known for her trailblazing work in confessional poetry, was clinically depressed and died by suicide at age 30.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Barbeau had been living alone, depressed and isolated since Jessica’s death.—
Jon Michael Varese,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Since the tragic incident, Zemfira’s dad Ruslan Mukhtarov created a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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At the end of the service, a funeral procession carried Howard's casket, now draped in an American flag, south along Hickory Road.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The upshot of this contempt is a season that layers hypocrisy as well as sanctimony over the grubby, tedious nihilism that made Dahmer so miserable to watch.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the end, Jawan took pity on the miserable lot over on Kele and put the disadvantage of having to carry 20 pounds of coconuts and cycle through 10 keys instead of just one on Hina instead, saying Kele had been through too much already.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The team is soliciting toenail donations (sorry, only from Canadians) to study a type of cancer that arises far from our feet–lung cancer.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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Ozzy definitely didn’t want people to feel sorry for him.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Heartbroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbroken. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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