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heartbroken

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • United States

Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

adjective

  1. 1

    Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English broken English heartbroken From heart + broken.

Forms

comparative
more heartbroken
superlative
most heartbroken
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