heartbroken

Thân thiện

She looks heartbroken as she reads the old letter.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Overwhelmed by grief or sorrow; extremely sad and emotionally devastated, often due to a loss or disappointment. Describes a state of intense emotional pain, typically resulting from a deeply upsetting event like the end of a relationship, a death, or a significant failure.

Usage

The adjective "heartbroken" describes a profound and lasting emotional state. It is stronger than simply being "sad" and implies a feeling of being crushed or shattered emotionally. * It is commonly used with linking verbs like be, feel, or look. * It can be modified by adverbs like absolutely, completely, or utterly to intensify the meaning. * It often follows prepositions like about, over, or by to indicate the cause of the sorrow.

Examples

• She was heartbroken when her best friend moved to another country.
• The heartbroken family mourned the loss of their pet.
• He felt absolutely heartbroken after not getting the job he wanted so badly.
• Many fans were heartbroken over the cancellation of the final concert.

Advanced Usage

• To be heartbroken to do something: Used to express deep sorrow in reaction to a specific situation or piece of information.
  • I was heartbroken to hear the news of his accident.
• A heartbroken [person/group]: Used attributively before a noun to describe who is suffering.
  • The letter was an apology to his heartbroken supporters.

Variants and Related Words

• Heartbreak (noun): The event or feeling of intense sorrow itself.
  • The end of their marriage caused him great heartbreak.
• Heartbreaker (noun): A person who is the cause of someone else's heartbreak.
  • He was known as a real heartbreaker in his youth.

Synonyms

• Devastated: Emotionally shattered or destroyed.
• Inconsolable: So sad that one cannot be comforted.
• Desolate: Feeling bleak, lonely, and utterly sad.
• Grief-stricken: Overcome with grief.

Idioms and Phrases

• To have a broken heart: An idiom with a very similar meaning to "be heartbroken," focusing on the metaphor of the heart being damaged.
  • He walked away with a broken heart.
• To break someone's heart: To cause someone to become heartbroken.
  • It broke her heart to see the old building demolished.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. full of sorrow

Từ đồng nghĩa

• brokenhearted
• heartsick