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
Melancholic and heartbroken are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholic" instead an adjective "Heartbroken".
Melancholic
Melancholic adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she becomes quite melancholic when she reflects on all the lost opportunities of her life
Heartbroken and melancholic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Melancholic".
Nearby Words: melancholy, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- down and heartbroken
- down and melancholic
- melancholy and heartbroken
- melancholy and melancholic
- downcast and heartbroken
- downcast and melancholic
- dejected and heartbroken
- dejected and melancholic
- depressed and heartbroken
- depressed and melancholic
- blue and heartbroken
- blue and melancholic
- sad and heartbroken
- sad and melancholic
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