a feeling of great sadness, especially when sb you love has died or left you:
No one ever died of a broken heart.
broken-hearted adjective:
He was broken-hearted when his wife died.
compareHEARTBROKEN
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, broken heart is tagged as noun.
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