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ˈheart-broken, a.
[f. heart n. + broken.]
Having a broken heart, broken-hearted; overwhelmed with anguish, despair, or crushing grief.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. li. vii. The sacrifice that God will hold respected, Is the heart-broken soule. 1694Wood Life 14 Sept., Benjamin Wood..died of a feaver, and hart⁓broken. 1752Young Brothers iv. i, He views, with horror, what mad dreams have done, And sinks, heart-broken, on a murder'd son. 1872Baker Nile Tribut. xviii. 319 They were heart-broken at the idea of losing their animal.
b. transf. Said of a person's feelings, acts, etc.
1832J. M. Reynolds Miserrimus (1833), I stood before you in heart-broken penitence. 1834Campbell Life Mrs. Siddons II. vi. 139 To make us weep over the heart-broken death of Katharine. 1844Marg. Fuller Wom. 19th C. (1862) 60 In low heart-broken tones [he] tells her of Heaven's will.
Hence ˈheart-ˌbrokenly adv., -ˌbrokenness.
1881D. C. Murray Joseph's Coat xxviii, Quite heart⁓brokenly penitent. 1882J. Parker Apost. Life I. 95 Who has felt heart-brokenness on account of sin? |