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Definition of heartsick in English: heartsick(also heartsore) adjective ˈhɑːtsɪkˈhɑrtˌsɪk literary Very despondent, typically from grief or loss of love. weary and heartsick, she forced herself to search throughout the remains of the village Example sentencesExamples - I was heartsick over the loss of our baby, and you were glowing with the thought of leaving everything behind to race some stupid cars.
- Democratic politicians make somber, seemingly heartsick speeches denouncing the administration in increasingly vituperative language.
- Children, clinging to favorite toys, huddled on bows while heartsick adults maneuvered motorboats over submerged roads and through trees and bushes to reach higher ground.
- ‘My wife and her church group were heartsick at seeing all the discards just wasted,’ replies the fisher.
- I'm just heartsick, because I love CRP, because it's allowing me to have the habitat out here.
- I am sure that I am one of many who felt heartsick at the news of the losses but look what we find now.
- When I taught in middle school, I used to be heartsick to see how kids were so bored in their social studies classes.
- Needless to say, I am heartsick over the mess I have made of my life.
- I was heartsick because I just knew that this wasn't good for anybody, not for the guy who got shot, not for that marine, not for me.
- We are heartsick that this happened and are currently doing everything possible to correct the problem.
- He is a genteel, intelligent man, who loved his life in Bohemia and is heartbroken and heartsick with his new life in America.
- This, the Mariner's heartsick and acknowledged disgust for non-human life, showed that he had not yet learned his lesson nor completed the penance that Life-in-Death had prepared for him.
- Looking at the fine fleet of fishing vessels it would make you heartsick when you realize all the no-no and no-go regulations imposed on the fishermen's livelihoods.
- These new works are a bold push forward, and they show the artist entering into the world of storytelling in the manner of a heartsick troubadour.
- I took over care of my younger sisters and younger brother, and of course of my father who was heartsick over the loss of that beautiful mother of mine.
- What really makes them heartsick these days, however, is that they also have to fend off mindless attacks from their scientific colleagues, particularly in Europe.
- Their world, as expressed in Welcome Interstate Managers, is one of heartsick teenagers, repressed office workers, the glories of high school football, and giddy suburban house parties.
- Though all the authors have spoken with other writers heartsick at poorly illustrated books, she's never been disappointed.
- Hoping it will help her hefty heartsick pal, Bunny thinks it would be a ‘hoot’ to have Martha join a lonely hearts club and receive letters from other forlorn folks.
- Grieving, heartsick, I began dissolution proceedings and joined a women's divorce support group, sponsored by the local chapter of the National Organization for Women, searching for closure and healing.
Synonyms downcast, downhearted, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, crushed, desolate, heartbroken, broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, low-spirited, in the doldrums, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal despondent, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, depressed, desolate, downcast, down, disappointed, grieving, forlorn, unhappy, sad, upset, miserable, crestfallen, wretched, woebegone, inconsolable, sick at heart, heavy-hearted, broken-hearted, grief-stricken, in low spirits, low-spirited
Derivatives noun literary Shifting stylistically as he never has before, White is still narrowly focused on the ins and outs of relationships, but he's added an impressive sonic heft that lends elegance and mystery to his heartsickness. Example sentencesExamples - Should we follow James in embracing a will to believe, if only to cure ourselves of heartsickness and melancholy at the absence of meaning?
- In this case, not a lot has changed in the past millennium and a half, except that we're more likely to be wearied by tedium, ennui or heartsickness than by physical fatigue.
- Still, for what it's worth, there is one cure for those afflicted with heartsickness.
- I feel great pity for them, great fear for the country, and heartsickness about the world.
Definition of heartsick in US English: heartsickadjectiveˈhärtˌsikˈhɑrtˌsɪk literary Despondent, typically from grief or loss of love. Example sentencesExamples - Needless to say, I am heartsick over the mess I have made of my life.
- We are heartsick that this happened and are currently doing everything possible to correct the problem.
- I was heartsick over the loss of our baby, and you were glowing with the thought of leaving everything behind to race some stupid cars.
- Children, clinging to favorite toys, huddled on bows while heartsick adults maneuvered motorboats over submerged roads and through trees and bushes to reach higher ground.
- I am sure that I am one of many who felt heartsick at the news of the losses but look what we find now.
- Their world, as expressed in Welcome Interstate Managers, is one of heartsick teenagers, repressed office workers, the glories of high school football, and giddy suburban house parties.
- I was heartsick because I just knew that this wasn't good for anybody, not for the guy who got shot, not for that marine, not for me.
- Democratic politicians make somber, seemingly heartsick speeches denouncing the administration in increasingly vituperative language.
- When I taught in middle school, I used to be heartsick to see how kids were so bored in their social studies classes.
- I'm just heartsick, because I love CRP, because it's allowing me to have the habitat out here.
- Hoping it will help her hefty heartsick pal, Bunny thinks it would be a ‘hoot’ to have Martha join a lonely hearts club and receive letters from other forlorn folks.
- Grieving, heartsick, I began dissolution proceedings and joined a women's divorce support group, sponsored by the local chapter of the National Organization for Women, searching for closure and healing.
- ‘My wife and her church group were heartsick at seeing all the discards just wasted,’ replies the fisher.
- What really makes them heartsick these days, however, is that they also have to fend off mindless attacks from their scientific colleagues, particularly in Europe.
- I took over care of my younger sisters and younger brother, and of course of my father who was heartsick over the loss of that beautiful mother of mine.
- Looking at the fine fleet of fishing vessels it would make you heartsick when you realize all the no-no and no-go regulations imposed on the fishermen's livelihoods.
- These new works are a bold push forward, and they show the artist entering into the world of storytelling in the manner of a heartsick troubadour.
- He is a genteel, intelligent man, who loved his life in Bohemia and is heartbroken and heartsick with his new life in America.
- Though all the authors have spoken with other writers heartsick at poorly illustrated books, she's never been disappointed.
- This, the Mariner's heartsick and acknowledged disgust for non-human life, showed that he had not yet learned his lesson nor completed the penance that Life-in-Death had prepared for him.
Synonyms downcast, downhearted, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, crushed, desolate, heartbroken, broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, low-spirited, in the doldrums, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal despondent, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, depressed, desolate, downcast, down, disappointed, grieving, forlorn, unhappy, sad, upset, miserable, crestfallen, wretched, woebegone, inconsolable, sick at heart, heavy-hearted, broken-hearted, grief-stricken, in low spirits, low-spirited
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