Sorrowful vs Heartbroken - What's the difference?
sorrowful | heartbroken |
Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
Suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance
As adjectives the difference between sorrowful and heartbroken
is that sorrowful is of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught while heartbroken is suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance.sorrowful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- sorrowful accident
- She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
Synonyms
* See also * mournful, lamentable, grievous * See alsoExternal links
* *heartbroken
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken