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heartsick

[ hahrt-sik ]

/ ˈhɑrtˌsɪk /

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adjective

extremely depressed or unhappy.

Origin of heartsick

First recorded in 1520–30; heart + sick¹

SYNONYMS FOR heartsick

dejected, sick-at-heart, despondent, dispirited.

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OTHER WORDS FROM heartsick

heart·sick·en·ing, adjective heart·sick·ness, noun

Words nearby heartsick

heartless, heartrending, hearts, hearts and flowers, heartsease, heartsick, heartsink, heartsome, heartsore, heartstopper, heartstrings

Example sentences from the Web for heartsick

She 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 |DAILY BEAST
Lane the lawyer will be down in Macon, heartsick that the two are still incarcerated.

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Heartsick, 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 |DAILY BEAST
Both boys were heartsick as they surveyed the damaged laboratory, wondering where to begin rescue operations.

Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X |Victor Appleton

It was a hard life, and after a time became very monotonous to the dwarf, who was often heartsick of it all.

Two Little Travellers |Frances Browne Arthur
Disillusioned and heartsick, she was for the first time sadly disappointed in her dearest friend.

Susan B. Anthony |Alma Lutz
After the first day's experience, she returned, heartsick and discouraged, to the boarding-house.

Kidnapped at the Altar |Laura Jean Libbey
Heartsick, I was ashamed for her, hated myself for having blundered into surprising her.

Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for heartsick

heartsick

/ (ˈhɑːtˌsɪk) /

adjective

deeply dejected or despondent

Derived forms of heartsick

heartsickness, noun