heartbroken
Crushed by loss
Heartbroken describes the devastation of profound emotional loss—the end of a relationship, the death of someone loved, the collapse of a cherished hope.
The heart is imagined as literally broken, unable to function normally: She was heartbroken when he left.
The noun is heartbreak; the adjective heartbreaking describes what causes such pain.
Deep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- lossBeing without something
sadness · tears · grieving · grief-stricken · inconsolable · bereft · weeping · sobbing
Beyond possibility of success
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- forlornSad and abandoned
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
disconsolate · crestfallen · defeated · resigned · helpless · bleak · empty · hollow
Deep emotional distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
distress · anguish · misery · woe · trauma · desolation · affliction · wounded
Unhappy due to unreturned affection
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- spurnedRejected with contempt
rejected · dumped · abandoned · betrayed · forsaken · pining · yearning · longing
Sorrow over past actions
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- remorsefulFeeling guilt for wrongdoing
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
- ruefulExpressing sorrowful repentance
apologetic · contrite · self-blame · shame · mistake · what-if · hindsight · reconciliation
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
loss · sadness · tears · grieving · grief-stricken · inconsolable · bereft · weeping · sobbing · keening
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
despondent · disconsolate · crestfallen · defeated · resigned · helpless · bleak · empty · hollow · numb
heartache
Deep emotional distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
pain · distress · anguish · misery · woe · trauma · desolation · affliction · wounded · aching
lovelorn
Unhappy due to unreturned affection
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
spurned · rejected · dumped · abandoned · betrayed · forsaken · pining · yearning · longing · aching
regret
Sorrow over past actions
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- remorsefulFeeling guilt for wrongdoing
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
rueful · apologetic · contrite · self-blame · shame · mistake · what-if · hindsight · reconciliation · forgiveness
depressed
Persistently sad, spiritless
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- joylessWithout pleasure or gladness
downhearted · low · blue · morose · somber · withdrawn · listless · weary · drained · tearful
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, melancholy
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
- hyphenated wordsup-to-date, pitch-black, jaw-dropping, round-the-clock, air-conditioned
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
heartbrokenhead over heels
Utterly and deeply enamored
lovestruck · smitten · in love · besotted · loved