Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

heavy-hearted

[hev-ee-hahr-tid]
See more synonyms for heavy-hearted on Thesaurus.com
adjective
  1. sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.
Show More

Origin of heavy-hearted

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Related formsheav·y-heart·ed·ly, adverbheav·y-heart·ed·ness, noun

Synonyms

See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com
depressed, sad-hearted, downcast.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words

atbadbluecrestfallencrummydejecteddesolatedespondentdestroyeddisconsolatedispiriteddowndowncastdownhearteddulldysphoricbleedingdraggedfe

Examples from the Web for heavy-hearted

Historical Examples

  • She was worn, and altered, full of grief, and heavy-hearted; but the same to him.

    Barnaby Rudge

    Charles Dickens

  • And then he called aloud: "Who sings of triumph to Brian the heavy-hearted?"

    Historic Boys

    Elbridge Streeter Brooks

  • Be no longer Brian the heavy-hearted; be, as thou ever art, Brian the brave!

    Historic Boys

    Elbridge Streeter Brooks

  • Then at last he was gone, and she went about her heavy-hearted preparations for the night.

    Long Live the King

    Mary Roberts Rinehart

  • "I know that I did not tell you the truth," said the heavy-hearted man.

    Irish Fairy Tales

    James Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for heavy-hearted

heavy-hearted

adjective
  1. sad; melancholy
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012