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Definitions

broken heart

NOUN
heartache
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agony bitterness despair grief heartbreak misery pang sadness suffering torment
STRONG
affliction dejection depression despondency distress dolor hurting remorse torture
WEAK
heavy heart
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheer contentment delight gladness happiness health joy
STRONG
comfort hopefulness relief
NOUN
heartbreak
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agony anguish bitterness despair grief heartache pain remorse sorrow suffering torment woe
STRONG
affliction bale care desolation distress heartsickness regret rue torture
WEAK
heavy heart
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheer comfort contentment happiness health joy joyfulness
STRONG
relief
WEAK
love
NOUN
heavy heart
Synonyms
WEAK
aching heart agony of mind bathos bleeding heart heartache heaviness of heart pathos
NOUN
sadness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anguish grief heartache heartbreak hopelessness melancholy misery mourning poignancy sorrow
STRONG
blahs bleakness bummer cheerlessness dejection despondency disconsolateness dispiritedness distress dolefulness dolor downer dysphoria forlornness funk gloominess letdown listlessness moodiness mopes mournfulness sorrowfulness tribulation woe
WEAK
blue devils blue funk dismals downcastness grieving heavy heart the blues the dumps
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheer delight happiness joy
STRONG
advantage benefit comfort
WEAK
gladness

Example Sentences

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"Ramadan without the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a very sad feeling, a feeling of having a broken heart," said worshipper Zeyad Mona.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

I conclude not with a joke but with a proverb at the essence of most Jewish jokes: What is as whole as a Jew with a broken heart?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Nahshon Wright of the Chicago Bears also shared a photo of Beam, adding an emoji of a broken heart.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

“It’s with a broken heart that I’ve decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s,” Greenfield wrote.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025

But he’d given what was left of his broken heart to the cause.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.