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Synonyms for broken-hearted

  • adjective

Most common

heartbroken inconsolable disconsolate

All synonyms

Adjective

heartbroken, sad, disconsolate, forlorn, inconsolable, sorrowful, miserable, melancholy, cheerless, woebegone, heartsick, dejected, wretched, downcast, desolate, doleful, glum, down-hearted, woeful, gloomy, comfortless

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Grieved and disappointed, especially by the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the end of a romantic relationship.

Related words

Other spellings
brokenhearted

Example sentences

  • heartbroken William heard the confession and felt heartbroken.
  • inconsolable Since he died, she is inconsolable.
  • disconsolate A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.

By length

3 letters
sad1
4 letters
glum1
6 letters
gloomy2, woeful2
7 letters
forlorn2, doleful2
8 letters
wretched2, desolate3, dejected3, downcast2
9 letters
miserable4, sorrowful3, heartsick, cheerless, woebegone3
10 letters
melancholy4
11 letters
heartbroken3, comfortless
12 letters
inconsolable, disconsolate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gloomy2 = 2 syllables).