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heartbroken

adj

Etymology

From heart + broken.

  1. derived from *brekaną✻ — “to break”
  2. inherited from *brukanaz✻
  3. inherited from brocen
  4. inherited from broken
  5. formed as heartbroken — “heart + broken”

Definitions

  1. Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

    • When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA