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
Rueful and heartbroken are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rueful" instead an adjective "Heartbroken".
Rueful
Rueful adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the rueful faces of friends and family who had gathered to pay their last respects
Heartbroken and rueful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Rueful".
Nearby Words: ruefulness, ruefully
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and heartbroken
- melancholy and rueful
- woeful and heartbroken
- woeful and rueful
- dejected and heartbroken
- dejected and rueful
- sad and heartbroken
- sad and rueful
- unhappy and heartbroken
- unhappy and rueful
- miserable and heartbroken
- miserable and rueful
- despondent and heartbroken
- despondent and rueful
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