heartsick
extremely depressed or unhappy.
Origin of heartsick
1Other words for heartsick
| dejected, sick-at-heart, despondent, dispirited |
Other words from heartsick
- heart·sick·en·ing, adjective
- heartsickness, noun
Words Nearby heartsick
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How to use heartsick in a sentence
The big gang showdown, gorgeously choreographed and set in a cavernous, glowing road-salt storage facility, is operatic in its intensity, a jagged symphony of testosterone and confusion that’s thrilling until it makes you heartsick.
Steven Spielberg’s Extraordinary West Side Story Is an Exuberant Modern Fairytale | Stephanie Zacharek | December 2, 2021 | TimeShe was heartsick but worried about the survival of her three remaining children, Prince, 12, Francis, 13, and Miatta, 6.
‘Her Survival Was a Miracle’: The 6-Year-Old Who Beat Ebola | Wade C.L. Williams | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLane the lawyer will be down in Macon, heartsick that the two are still incarcerated.
Free Demaryius Thomas’s Mom After 14 Years on a Drug Charge | Michael Daly | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTheartsick, depressed, agonizingly lonely, she would disappear for days behind her locked bedroom doors.
New Questions Arise About Mary Richardson Kennedy’s Suicide | Nancy Collins | May 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn truth, he did feel rather tired, and even a little heartsick.
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'Annunzio
These loud cannon make me heartsick, and yet I am so excited!
A Confederate Girl's Diary | Sarah Margan DawsonThere was no question that our ranks were demoralised and heartsick.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War | Ben Viljoen.Shading his eyes from the light, he peered below, and through the semi-darkness saw a sight that made him heartsick and disgusted.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes | William Perry BrownA moment more and he stood in her presence, mute, shocked, heartsick at the change that this month of agony had wrought in her.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. Waller
British Dictionary definitions for heartsick
/ (ˈhɑːtˌsɪk) /
deeply dejected or despondent
Derived forms of heartsick
- heartsickness, noun
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