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Pained vs Heartbroken - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between pained and heartbroken

is that pained is in pain, especially in an emotional sense while heartbroken is suffering from sorrow, especially after a failed romance.

As a verb pained

is past tense of pain.

pained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (pain)

    • 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