Heartbroken
adjective
Feeling very sad or emotionally hurt, typically due to disappointment or loss in love.
He was heartbroken when his girlfriend left him.
Often appears as...
- truly heartbroken
- heartbroken over loss
adjective
Feeling very sad or emotionally hurt, typically due to disappointment or loss in love.
He was heartbroken when his girlfriend left him.
Often appears as...
- truly heartbroken
- heartbroken over loss
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe very deep emotional pain, often from a profound personal loss or romantic disappointment.
She felt heartbroken after her dog passed away.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Sadness
'Heartbroken' goes further than 'sad', indicating a shattering of one's emotional state.
After hearing the tragic news, he sat alone, heartbroken.
Pro Tip 3/3Romantic Context
Though it can be used generally, 'heartbroken' is most often associated with romantic love situations.
Her heartbroken expression said it all when she saw her ex with someone else.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe very deep emotional pain, often from a profound personal loss or romantic disappointment.
She felt heartbroken after her dog passed away.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Sadness
'Heartbroken' goes further than 'sad', indicating a shattering of one's emotional state.
After hearing the tragic news, he sat alone, heartbroken.
Pro Tip 3/3Romantic Context
Though it can be used generally, 'heartbroken' is most often associated with romantic love situations.
Her heartbroken expression said it all when she saw her ex with someone else.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe very deep emotional pain, often from a profound personal loss or romantic disappointment.
She felt heartbroken after her dog passed away.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Sadness
'Heartbroken' goes further than 'sad', indicating a shattering of one's emotional state.
After hearing the tragic news, he sat alone, heartbroken.
Pro Tip 3/3Romantic Context
Though it can be used generally, 'heartbroken' is most often associated with romantic love situations.
Her heartbroken expression said it all when she saw her ex with someone else.
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The Story We Tell About...
And her mother was heartbroken over what was happening. Then they found out that she was going to have to repeat second grade and Brianna was devastated. Her mother felt hopeless and overwhelmed and alone because she knew that her daughter was not getting the support she needed, and she did not know how to help her.
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Charles Limb: Building...
that if I had to have a cochlear implant, I'd be heartbroken. I'd just be plainly heartbroken, because I know that music would never sound the same to me. Now this is a video that I'm going to show you of a girl who's born deaf. She's in a very supportive environment. Her mother's doing everything she can.
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A queer vision of love...
And there's a culture of lovelessness that we've created around transgender people. It's reasoned, justified and often signed into law. And I was a heartbeat away from internalizing that message, that I wasn't worthy. But Kim said that I was her ideal -- the heartbroken mess that I was.
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How to fix a broken...
will time and again lead you down the wrong path. You simply cannot trust what your mind is telling you. For example, we know from studies of heartbroken people that having a clear understanding of why the relationship ended is really important for our ability to move on.
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What would you do if...
was heartbroken unemployed and divorced up until this point you could have plotted the perfectly straight line of my carefully planned life now I was a dot somewhere off the graph what am I going to do with my life I had no answer
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TIL: You Might Be...
turns to him and she says you have to go you have to run and he rides off towards his mouth and he's heartbroken and he prayed to Tengger you what should i do what should I do and the moment that he decided he was gonna fight back
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The dark history of the...
heartbroken, Lili’uokalani said, “by the base ingratitude of the very persons whose fortunes he had made.” Prepared to fight, she assumed the throne. Despite death threats and rumors of insurgency,
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How to disrupt...
look back and say we could no longer be comfortable with racism in America and as a friend of mine said she and her husband were heartbroken by what they
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Tiger Grieves Her Dead...
We are both heartbroken.
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For When you Need a Good...
We are both heartbroken.
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The Story We Tell About...
And her mother was heartbroken over what was happening. Then they found out that she was going to have to repeat second grade and Brianna was devastated. Her mother felt hopeless and overwhelmed and alone because she knew that her daughter was not getting the support she needed, and she did not know how to help her.
Video examples
Charles Limb: Building...
that if I had to have a cochlear implant, I'd be heartbroken. I'd just be plainly heartbroken, because I know that music would never sound the same to me. Now this is a video that I'm going to show you of a girl who's born deaf. She's in a very supportive environment. Her mother's doing everything she can.
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A queer vision of love...
And there's a culture of lovelessness that we've created around transgender people. It's reasoned, justified and often signed into law. And I was a heartbeat away from internalizing that message, that I wasn't worthy. But Kim said that I was her ideal -- the heartbroken mess that I was.
Video examples
How to fix a broken...
will time and again lead you down the wrong path. You simply cannot trust what your mind is telling you. For example, we know from studies of heartbroken people that having a clear understanding of why the relationship ended is really important for our ability to move on.
Video examples
What would you do if...
was heartbroken unemployed and divorced up until this point you could have plotted the perfectly straight line of my carefully planned life now I was a dot somewhere off the graph what am I going to do with my life I had no answer
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TIL: You Might Be...
turns to him and she says you have to go you have to run and he rides off towards his mouth and he's heartbroken and he prayed to Tengger you what should i do what should I do and the moment that he decided he was gonna fight back
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The dark history of the...
heartbroken, Lili’uokalani said, “by the base ingratitude of the very persons whose fortunes he had made.” Prepared to fight, she assumed the throne. Despite death threats and rumors of insurgency,
Video examples
How to disrupt...
look back and say we could no longer be comfortable with racism in America and as a friend of mine said she and her husband were heartbroken by what they
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Tiger Grieves Her Dead...
We are both heartbroken.
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For When you Need a Good...
We are both heartbroken.
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Lana Condor
American Actress
I was so in love with this boy in eighth grade. I really thought he was the one for me, and then he broke up with me because he said that I liked him more than he liked me, and I was living in N.Y. at the time, and I was on the subway just, like, truly heartbroken because when you're that age, you don't think you are ever going to recover.
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Zhao Wei
Chinese Actress
On the surface, different generations may look at youth in a different way, but inside it is the same. When they love, they are courageous, and willing to do anything, including stupid things. When they get heartbroken, they cry as hard as they can.
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Upamanyu Chatterjee
Indian Public Servant
Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.
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Isabel Gillies
American Actress
If you are heartbroken and can't face the world, you need something with a fantastic plot. You won't be able to read anything boring because your attention span when you are heartbroken decreases by three-quarters.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male,or end up being happy because of a male. It's interesting to think about, and it's very true.
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Swoosie Kurtz
American Actress
I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor about how we try to stay in our own little bubbles, we don't let life in, we don't take the journey.
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Bridget Moynahan
American Actress
Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me. But I got so much out of that.
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Gal Gadot
Israeli Actress
There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.
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Bat for Lashes
English Musician
I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.
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Lana Condor
American Actress
I was so in love with this boy in eighth grade. I really thought he was the one for me, and then he broke up with me because he said that I liked him more than he liked me, and I was living in N.Y. at the time, and I was on the subway just, like, truly heartbroken because when you're that age, you don't think you are ever going to recover.
Quote examples
Zhao Wei
Chinese Actress
On the surface, different generations may look at youth in a different way, but inside it is the same. When they love, they are courageous, and willing to do anything, including stupid things. When they get heartbroken, they cry as hard as they can.
Quote examples
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Indian Public Servant
Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.
Quote examples
Isabel Gillies
American Actress
If you are heartbroken and can't face the world, you need something with a fantastic plot. You won't be able to read anything boring because your attention span when you are heartbroken decreases by three-quarters.
Quote examples
Dakota Fanning
American Actress
It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male,or end up being happy because of a male. It's interesting to think about, and it's very true.
Quote examples
Swoosie Kurtz
American Actress
I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor about how we try to stay in our own little bubbles, we don't let life in, we don't take the journey.
Quote examples
Bridget Moynahan
American Actress
Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down and inside out and just knocked the wind out of me. But I got so much out of that.
Quote examples
Gal Gadot
Israeli Actress
There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.
Quote examples
Bat for Lashes
English Musician
I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.
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