Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suffering from or exhibiting overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deeply afflicted or grieved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Suffering from
sorrow , especially after a failedromance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of sorrow
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Examples
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While I remain heartbroken over the passage of this bill and the tragic consequences it will have for the unborn, I deeply regret that my actions were mistakenly interpreted as a direct reference to Congressman Stupak himself.
Think Progress » Who Is Randy ‘Baby Killer’ Neugebauer? 2010
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While I remain heartbroken over the passage of this bill and the tragic consequences it will have for the unborn, I deeply regret that my actions were mistakenly interpreted as a direct reference to Congressman Stupak himself.
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Even though I am sad that the story has ended, I know that it ended absolutely perfectly and that the only reason I am so heartbroken is because I could only wish that I was Bella Swan and live such an amazing life as hers full of love, mystery, and happiness and vampires like the Cullens really existed.
Rumor: Stephenie Meyer's New Moon Already In Development « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The fact that you? re heartbroken is already hurtful enough.
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The men met this announcement in heartbroken silence, and the sound of bitter weeping came from the spot where wives and mothers clung together in their despair.
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I have seen the widow bowing in heartbroken anguish for her only son slain on the field.
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The Hallelujah hitmaker admits the scenes have left her "heartbroken" - but she's been inspired by the Haitians 'fighting spirit.
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The Hallelujah hitmaker admits the scenes have left her "heartbroken" - but she's been inspired by the Haitians 'fighting spirit.
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The Hallelujah hitmaker admits the scenes have left her "heartbroken" - but she's been inspired by the Haitians 'fighting spirit.
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Steven Gerrard 'heartbroken' by Fernando Torres' exit from Liverpool to join Premier League rivals Chelsea Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has revealed he was left "heartbroken" by Fernando Torres' decision to quit the club for Chelsea, but believes Kenny Dalglish's men are finally on an upward curve.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
brap-ting1 commented on the word heartbroken
ha ha!!!!!!!!!
January 18, 2011