as in heartbroken
feeling unhappiness
she was brokenhearted when the relationship ended
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Recent Examples of brokenhearted
Since Instagram was founded, in 2010, the brokenhearted and heart-eyed alike have pored over which pictures to post to attract a particular person’s attention.
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Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Hally’s vindictive turn is a betrayal, not just of their bond, but of the dream of a more equitable South Africa that could tolerate a Black man being a mentor to a spoiled, brokenhearted white kid.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
The beautiful cat curled up and died the day after Houdini was put down, too brokenhearted to go on.
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Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Use this opportunity to play around with fun accessories and costume jewelry that won’t leave you brokenhearted if they get lost or damaged.
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Jill Schildhouse,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
Baby, a brokenhearted cat who arrived at the Kerrville Pets Alive shelter not too long ago, left a stable home for a noisy kennel environment after losing the most important person in his life.
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Tj MacIas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Oct. 2025
One brokenhearted mother is one too many.
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Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
What can be dizzying about the collection is the way traditional themes of Yiddish song and Hebrew liturgy — lyrics of resilience in the face of persecution, prayers of consolation for the brokenhearted, Lamentations read on Tisha B’Av — are recast with the Palestinians as their protagonists.
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Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Hally’s vindictive turn is a betrayal, not just of their bond, but of the dream of a more equitable South Africa that could tolerate a Black man being a mentor to a spoiled, brokenhearted white kid.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
The beautiful cat curled up and died the day after Houdini was put down, too brokenhearted to go on.
—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Use this opportunity to play around with fun accessories and costume jewelry that won’t leave you brokenhearted if they get lost or damaged.
—
Jill Schildhouse,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
Baby, a brokenhearted cat who arrived at the Kerrville Pets Alive shelter not too long ago, left a stable home for a noisy kennel environment after losing the most important person in his life.
—
Tj MacIas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Oct. 2025
One brokenhearted mother is one too many.
—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration.
—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
What can be dizzying about the collection is the way traditional themes of Yiddish song and Hebrew liturgy — lyrics of resilience in the face of persecution, prayers of consolation for the brokenhearted, Lamentations read on Tisha B’Av — are recast with the Palestinians as their protagonists.
—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brokenhearted
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The courtroom was packed with heartbroken supporters wanting justice for Jor'Dynn as each woman stood silent in front of the judge.
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There is nothing more evocative of a pure Love Island experience than a heartbroken rage split in costume.
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The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
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Supergirl is a story about a depressed, super-powered woman who is pulled out of her bar-hopping to help other people and find her purpose.
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Day broke, bathing everything in light, and so great was the vitality of the early-morning sun that even the unhappy city seemed to smile a wan, sad smile.
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But SpringHill really took off in 2020, two seasons into James’ Lakers term, when The SpringHill Company went public (and the Lakers won the sad COVID-bubble NBA Championship).
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The decade was an unhappy panorama of inflation, gas shortages, military humiliation, and revelations of political corruption.
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On Tuesday, Paul urged Americans who are unhappy with the justices’ ruling to support his proposal.
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Remarkably, La Roja have failed to win a knockout round match in their last three World Cups, but expect Lamine Yamal and company to end that miserable run today.
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But the American job market has chugged along, continuing to rebound from a miserable 2025.
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Much has been made of this World Cup’s mandatory commercial—sorry, hydration—breaks, which have paused action, even during indoor or rain-soaked matches.
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Back home that night, dues paid to god, the women slathered their faces with turmeric cream and went to bed, bitter-smelling, sorry for themselves on that night as every night.
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Play was held up after some upset fans threw things onto the field after the controversial offside call.
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Usually, when the USMNT enters the knockout stage in the World Cup, they’re considered the underdogs, hoping to be scrappy to force an upset.
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That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.
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Offer Real Value, Not Leftovers Most product bundles fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution misses what consumers actually want.
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“Brokenhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brokenhearted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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