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
Merry is an antonym for heartbroken.
Merry
Merry adjective - Indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor.
Usage example: the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry, twinkling blue eyes
Heartbroken is an antonym for merry.
Both words in one sentence
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A heartbroken Sally settles for Baron Sadoja, and when he croaks, she inherits all his money and becomes the Merry Widow.
Source: Film / The Merry Widow 1925 - Naturally, when urged to continue with what she was going to say, Mulan can only feign happiness for Aurora's news, then claim she only wanted to say she's joining Robin Hood's Merry Men...and walk off heartbroken.
Source: So You Were Saying...? - The letter (and the sight of a heartbroken Pinky still loyally tending to his work) leaves Brain a teary eyed wreck, only able to muster out a Merry Christmas through his control booth before smashing it to pieces.
Source: Jerkass Realization
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