Sorrow · uncommon

heartbroken

Grief at the scale of a life event; sadness at full depth.

On the face
The whole face collapsed downward, brows knotted up.
Ink recipe
sad 75 · afraid 60 · angry 5
Open in the mixer

More on being heartbroken

Grief at the scale of a whole life event. Heartbroken is the one everyone recognizes: sadness so total it borrows the language of physical injury, and means every word of it.

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