English Explanatory Dictionary

heartsick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

heartsick more heartsick most heartsick

Etymology

From heart + sick.

Synonyms

miserable unhappy atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic

Derived words

heartsickness
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