heartbroken
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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full of sorrow
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