- heartbroken
- adjective Date: circa 1586 overcome by sorrow
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
heartbroken
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Heartbroken — Heart bro ken ( br[=o] k n), a. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heartbroken — index disconsolate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
heartbroken — 1580s, prp. of HEARTBREAK (Cf. heartbreak) … Etymology dictionary
heartbroken — [härt′brō΄kən] adj. overwhelmed with sorrow, grief, or disappointment … English World dictionary
heartbroken — adj. 1) heartbroken about, at, over (heartbroken over a friend s death) 2) heartbroken to + inf. (she was heartbroken to learn of the verdict) 3) heartbroken that + clause (I m heartbroken that he cannot come) * * * [ hɑːtˌbrəʊkən] at over… … Combinatory dictionary
Heartbroken — Infobox Single Name = Heartbroken Artist = T2 featuring Jodie Aysha from Album = Bassline A side = B side = Released = November 12, 2007 (physical release) Format = CD, 12 Vinyl, Digital Download Recorded = 2007 Genre = Bassline house Length =… … Wikipedia
heartbroken — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)tbroʊkən[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is heartbroken is very sad and emotionally upset. Was your daddy heartbroken when they got a divorce? Syn: broken hearted … English dictionary
heartbroken — adjective Suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance When he told me he didnt want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken Syn: brokenhearted … Wiktionary
heartbroken — adjective extremely sad because of something that has happened: When her parents split up she was heartbroken … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
heartbroken — adjective the disqualified gymnasts were heartbroken Syn: anguished, devastated, broken hearted, heavy hearted, grieving, grief stricken, inconsolable, crushed, shattered, desolate, despairing; upset, distressed, miserable, sorrowful, sad,… … Thesaurus of popular words
heartbroken — heartbreak ► NOUN ▪ overwhelming distress. DERIVATIVES heartbreaker noun heartbreaking adjective heartbroken adjective … English terms dictionary
