brokenhearted
Crushed by loss
Brokenhearted describes the state of overwhelming grief or sorrow, typically from romantic loss or rejection.
Someone whose heart has been broken feels deep emotional pain, as if the organ of feeling itself has been damaged.
The term applies most naturally to romantic disappointment—being dumped, betrayed, or losing a loved one—but extends to any profound loss: She was brokenhearted when her dog died.
The spelling varies between one word and hyphenated broken-hearted.
Misled into false belief
- cheatedActed dishonestly to win
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- scornedRegarded with contempt
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
infidelity · treachery · backstabbed · double-crossed · duped · rejected · abandoned · forsaken
State without hope
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- forlornSad and abandoned
crestfallen · downcast · melancholy · disconsolate · woebegone · miserable · gloom · bleak
Not returned in kind
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- lovelornUnhappy due to unreturned affection
- longingIntense, persistent desire
wistful · smitten · loveless · separation · breakup · divorce · estranged · one-sided
Deep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
anguish · lamentation · inconsolable · bereft · grief-stricken · tearful · weeping · funeral
deceived
Misled into false belief
unfaithful · infidelity · treachery · backstabbed · double-crossed · duped · rejected · abandoned · forsaken · discarded
hopelessness
State without hope
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- desolateBleak and abandoned
forlorn · crestfallen · downcast · melancholy · disconsolate · woebegone · miserable · gloom · bleak · resigned
unrequited
Not returned in kind
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- lovelornUnhappy due to unreturned affection
longing · wistful · smitten · loveless · separation · breakup · divorce · estranged · one-sided · heartsick
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
devastation · anguish · lamentation · inconsolable · bereft · grief-stricken · tearful · weeping · funeral · condolences
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
tender · sensitive · defenseless · hurting · bruised · scarred · damaged · guarded · shell-shocked · numb
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- heartachelovesick, lovesickness, lovelorn, pining, yearning