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heartsick

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adjdespondent

Word Origin & History

"despondent," late 14c., from heart + sick. Old English heortseoc meant "ill from heart disease."

Example Sentences for heartsick

I was so disappointed and hurt and heartsick, and he kissed me and soothed me.

Heartsick with the knowing, he observed Raoul Beardsley and remembered!

Heartsick, he turned south, and followed the silver stream of the Hudson.

A sense of shame at such conduct made me faint and heartsick.

The girl was fatigued with turbulent emotions, lonely and heartsick.

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Synonyms for heartsick

adj despondent

all torn up
blue
bummed-out
dejected
depressed
despairing
disappointed
disconsolate
disheartened
down
forlorn
grieving
heavy-hearted
inconsolable
low
melancholy
mournful
sad
unhappy
woebegone

More words related to heartsick

broken

adjective. mentally defeated

beaten
browbeaten
crippled
crushed
defeated
demoralized
depressed
discouraged
disheartened
heartsick
humbled
oppressed
overpowered
subdued
tamed
vanquished

brokenhearted

adjective. devastated

crestfallen
crushed
desolate
despairing
despondent
disappointed
disconsolate
grief-stricken
grieved
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
inconsolable
miserable
mournful
prostrated
sorrowful
wretched

downcast

adjective. depressed, unhappy

bad
blue
brooding
bummed out
cast down
chapfallen
cheerless
crestfallen
daunted
dejected
despondent
disappointed
disconsolate
discouraged
disheartened
dismayed
dispirited
distressed
doleful
down
down in the dumps
down-in-the-mouth
downhearted
dragged
droopy
dull
forlorn
gloomy
glum
heartsick
in pain
listless
low
low-spirited
miserable
moody
mopey
morose
oppressed
sad
shot down
singing the blues
sunk
troubled
weighed down
woebegone

grief-stricken

adjective. sad, sorrowful

anguished
cheerless
dejected
depressed
despairing
devastated
distressed
down
heartbroken
heartsick
heavyhearted
hurting
inconsolable
melancholy
miserable
morose
overcome
troubled
unhappy
woebegone

heartbroken

adjective. melancholy

brokenhearted
doleful
grief-stricken
heartsick
heartsore
sad
sorrowful

homesick

adjective. nostalgic

hankering
heartsick
lonely
longing for home
missing
wistful
yearning

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