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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

She left her husband almost

broken-hearted

Macaulay.

Syn. – Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn.

Adj.

[break and heart.] Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

See also: brokenhearted and broken hearted

broken-hearted ‎(comparative more broken-hearted, superlative most broken-hearted)

(idiomatic) Alternative spelling of brokenhearted Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love.