heartsick
adjective
extremely depressed or unhappy.
heartsickening
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a word derived from
heartsick.
Example Sentences
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This to me was heartsickening, and as soon as we could evade the guards, Milt.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones
M. Joyeuse experienced all those heartsickening details, and he learned too how the will becomes weary and discouraged in the face of persistent ill-luck.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives
