Library / English Dictionary

BROKENHEARTEDNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

Synonyms:

brokenheartedness; grief; heartache; heartbreak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("brokenheartedness" is a kind of...):

sorrow (an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brokenheartedness"):

dolor; dolour ((poetry) painful grief)

Derivation:

brokenhearted (full of sorrow)

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