Bitter
Bitter adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: a bitter cry of grief
Heartbroken and bitter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Bitter".
Heartbroken
Heartbroken adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died
Bitter and heartbroken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bitter" instead an adjective "Heartbroken".
Both words in one sentence
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Heartbroken Badass: Cade seems at first to be just bitter and resentful, but we soon learn he was in love with Raux.
Source: Film / Star Wars: Revelations -
Bittersweet Ending: The bitter: Teresa's shunned and ostracised by the people that looked up to her, cared for her, and those she truly cared about; and her mother's heartbroken and not yet willing to forgive her.
Source: Series / Teresa
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