adjective

overwhelmed by grief or disappointment.

the woman they left behind is broken-hearted

heartbroken,grief-stricken,desolate,despairing,devastated,inconsolable,miserable,depressed,melancholy,wretched,sorrowful,sorrowing,mourning,forlorn,heavy-hearted,woeful,doleful,downcast,bowed down,cast down,crestfallen,woebegone,morose,gloomy,glum,sad,cheerless,down,down in the mouth,shattered,choked,dolorous,heartsick