heartsore
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heartsore
1175–1225; Middle English. See heart, sore; compare Old English heortsārnes grief
Example Sentences
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Therein lies the heartsore luminosity of Chilean director Maite Alberdi’s Oscar-nominated documentary “The Eternal Memory,” which chronicles their unconditional adoration for one another amid his illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Even the queen actually ends up as the heartsore queen consort, married to the mad George III, who is indisposed for the series.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021
In most versions of the ballet at least one of the heartsore lovers dies.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2017
So there’s a proleptic shadow on Eve’s lie, something heartsore that points at the brokenness or inadequacy of the world-as-is.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2015
I loved his howl, which I could both hear and feel: long and plaintive, woebegone and heartsore, filled with yearning for what used to be and for what would never come again.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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