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# heartbroken

«heartbroken» in Mova's school dictionary: **Extremely sad, usually because someone you love has died…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (heartbroken)

### meaning for a pupil

Extremely sad, usually because someone you love has died or left, or because of a great disappointment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows deep sadness: when a pet dies, a friend moves away, or a dream fails. It tells the reader the character's grief is strong. Phrases: be heartbroken, heartbroken by, left heartbroken.

### examples

- Lily was heartbroken when her old dog died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x1)
- He was heartbroken when his best friend moved to another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x2)
- The team were heartbroken after losing the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x3)
- Grandpa was heartbroken after Grandma passed away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x4)
- She was heartbroken to find her sandcastle washed away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x5)
- The heartbroken boy cried all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x6)
- The poor Marionette was heartbroken at reading these words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/#x7)

### note

Related: heartbreak (noun), heartbreaking (causing great sadness). Stronger than «sad» or «upset». It does not mean anything is wrong with the actual heart.

### In the corpora

- [Glum, sad, miserable and heartbroken all mean unhappy, but each a different amount.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/10/)
- [Someone who is heartbroken is very sad because a boyfriend or girlfriend has ended things; being gentle and giving them space helps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heartbroken» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbroken/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.