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Heartbroken vs Heartsick - What's the difference?

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Heartbroken is a related term of heartsick.


As adjectives the difference between heartbroken and heartsick

is that heartbroken is suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance while heartsick is very despondent or sorrowful.

heartbroken

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance
    • When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken

    Synonyms

    * brokenhearted * inconsolable * forlorn * despairing * dejected * disconsolate * distraught * devastated * wretched * grief-stricken * discouraged

    Derived terms

    * heartbrokenly * heartbrokenness

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en

    heartsick

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Very despondent or sorrowful