heavy-hearted
[hev-ee-hahr-tid]
Origin of heavy-hearted
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Synonyms for heavy-hearted
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Related Words for heavy-hearted
at, bad, blue, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, bleeding, dragged, feExamples from the Web for heavy-hearted
Historical Examples of heavy-hearted
She was worn, and altered, full of grief, and heavy-hearted; but the same to him.
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
And then he called aloud: "Who sings of triumph to Brian the heavy-hearted?"
Historic BoysElbridge Streeter Brooks
Be no longer Brian the heavy-hearted; be, as thou ever art, Brian the brave!
Historic BoysElbridge Streeter Brooks
Then at last he was gone, and she went about her heavy-hearted preparations for the night.
Long Live the KingMary Roberts Rinehart
"I know that I did not tell you the truth," said the heavy-hearted man.
Irish Fairy TalesJames Stephens
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