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Synonyms for heartbroken


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hahrt-broh-kuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrtˌbroʊ kən



Définition of heartbroken

Origin :
  • 1580s, present participle of heartbreak.
  • adj melancholy
Example sentences :
  • On the very threshold I stood arrested by that heartbroken cry of his.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Am I not heartbroken and wretched, without a hope or a future?
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • The Colonel was heartbroken, and the officers were savage and sullen.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • A third time he struggled, weary, heartbroken, over that trail.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Then came the reporters for copy which only this heartbroken woman could give.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • I know she was heartbroken at parting with him, and yet she never showed it.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • This world is God's prodigal son, and He is heartbroken over it.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • She loaded the Vigilantes with imprecations, and showed the most heartbroken grief.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
  • It was a dreadful, dismal, heartbroken howl that echoed back from the walls.
  • Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
  • "But she sent a carving-knife at me first," said the heartbroken husband.
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray

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