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broken heart

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  • noun A subjective feeling of grief or loss.

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  • noun devastating sorrow and despair

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synonyms (30)

Words with the same meaning

  1. aching heart
  2. agony
  3. agony of mind
  4. anguish
  5. bale
  6. bitterness
  7. bleeding heart
  8. brokenheartedness
  9. crushing
  10. depression
  11. depth of misery
  12. desolation
  13. despair
  14. extremity
  15. grief
  16. heartache
  17. heartbreak
  18. heartbrokenness
  19. heartsickness
  20. heartsoreness
  21. heavy heart
  22. infelicity
  23. melancholia
  24. melancholy
  25. misery
  26. prostration
  27. sadness
  28. suicidal despair
  29. woe
  30. wretchedness

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. sorrow

relateds (2)

relateds

  1. brokenhearted
  2. heartbroken

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