broken dreams

• shatteredBroken into fragments
• hopesPositive expectations held
• disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
• failureLack of success
• lossBeing without something

heartbreak · abandoned · crushed · unfulfilled · longing · regret · despair · faded · dust · ashes · youth · ambition · promises · forgotten · wreckage · bittersweet · nostalgia · disillusion

• dream phrasessweet dreams, dream come true, pipe dream, daydream, nightmare
• letdownsletdown, disappointment, anticlimax, dud, flop
• melancholysadness, sorrow, gloom, woe, dejection
• tragedytragedy, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic heroes, tragic irony
• discouragementdiscouragement, dejection, defeatism, disappointment, letdown
• dissatisfactiondissatisfaction, discontent, displeasure, frustration, disappointment