"heartbroken" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-heartbroken.wav [US] Forms: more heartbroken [comparative], most heartbroken [superlative]
Etymology: From heart + broken. Etymology templates: {{af|en|heart|broken}} heart + broken Head templates: {{en-adj}} heartbroken (comparative more heartbroken, superlative most heartbroken)
  1. Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance. Categories (topical): Emotions Derived forms: heartbrokenly, heartbrokenness Translations (suffering from grief): كَسِير الْقَلْب (kasīr al-qalb) (Arabic), съкрушен (sǎkrušen) (Bulgarian), угнетен (ugneten) (Bulgarian), 心碎 (xīnsuì) (Chinese Mandarin), hjartabrotin (Faroese), murheen murtama (Finnish), surun murtama (Finnish), murheissaan [adverb] (Finnish), murheellinen (Finnish), tief betrübt (German), untröstlich (German), croíbhriste (Irish), vaky fo (Malagasy), pūkatokato (Maori), pākatokato (Maori), hjärtekrossad (Swedish), nagluluksa (Tagalog)

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      "sense": "suffering from grief",
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      "sense": "suffering from grief",
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      "sense": "suffering from grief",
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      "sense": "suffering from grief",
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      "sense": "suffering from grief",
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      "sense": "suffering from grief",
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