HEARTBROKEN Synonyms: 202 Similar and Opposite Words

heartbroken

adjective

ˈhärt-ˌbrō-kən

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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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as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died

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Recent Examples of heartbroken One of the heartbroken is his Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon, the grandson of Childress, a 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee. —

Chase Jordan may 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 Mary Crawford, who set up the page for the family, said the Kansas City community is heartbroken after the tragic loss. —

Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 It’s been nearly seven weeks since Tianah Robinson was fatally shot at Piedmont Park, and the 16-year-old’s heartbroken family is still desperate for answers. —

Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 22 May 2026 Completely heartbroken to hear the news of Kyle’s passing. —

Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for heartbroken

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The other six ascended to the highest office in the land as a result of the dysfunction that has made Peru a punch line in political-science circles, a sad story of ungovernability played on a loop.

— Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
There’s a one-note quality to the film’s comedy that grows steadily, even deliberately, more abrasive over two hours, but the sad, brash, gradually shrinking bigness of the personalities at its center holds your attention.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026