Down
Down adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: feeling a bit down
Heartbroken and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Down".
Nearby Word: downed
Heartbroken
Heartbroken adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be
Down and heartbroken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead an adjective "Heartbroken".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The Moon and More: Emaline's back story involves her mother giving up everything to have her while still in high school, including being ostracized by the town, being let down and heartbroken by Emaline's father, and being treated horribly by Emaline's father's family.
Source: Creator / Sarah Dessen -
Also, Peggy herself was heartbroken and in tears when she and Steve had their final conversation with him going down on the Valkyrie aircraft in his Heroic Sacrifice.
Source: Heartbroken Badass -
During the course of the game, the player shoots down and kills Yellow 4, leaving Yellow 13 heartbroken.
Source: 13 Is Unlucky
Cite this Source
Heartbroken and Down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/heartbroken
Down & Heartbroken. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/heartbroken>.
Heartbroken or Down. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/heartbroken.
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