Usually means: Devastated by loss or rejection.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word broken-hearted:

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  1. broken-hearted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Broken-Hearted, Broken-hearted, broken-hearted: Wordnik
  3. broken-hearted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. broken-hearted: Wiktionary
  5. broken-hearted: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. Broken-hearted, broken-hearted: Dictionary.com
  7. broken-hearted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Broken-hearted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. broken-hearted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Broken-hearted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. broken-hearted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. broken-hearted: FreeDictionary.org
  13. broken-hearted: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of brokenhearted Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love.

Similar:
heartachey, blackhearted, falsehearted, stiffhearted, lovestruck, hard-hit, brokenhanded, heart-stopping, boldhearted, hen hearted, more...

Opposite:
elated, overjoyed, ecstatic, delighted

Phrases:
Broken-Hearted Girl, more...



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Similar:
heartachey, blackhearted, falsehearted, stiffhearted, lovestruck, hard-hit, brokenhanded, heart-stopping, boldhearted, hen hearted, more...

Opposite:
elated, overjoyed, ecstatic, delighted

Phrases:
Broken-Hearted Girl, more...



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