adjective
full of sorrow
• Syn: ↑heartbroken, ↑heartsick
• Similar to: ↑sorrowful
• Derivationally related forms: ↑heartsickness (for: ↑heartsick), ↑brokenheartedness
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—brokenheartedly, adv. —brokenheartedness, n.
/broh"keuhn hahr"tid/, adj.
burdened with great sorrow, grief, or disappointment.
[1520-30]
Syn. heartsick, heartbroken, despondent, dejected.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.