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Definitions

sick at heart

ADJECTIVE
sad
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depressed heartbroken melancholy mournful pessimistic somber sorrowful sorry unhappy
STRONG
bereaved blue cheerless dejected despairing despondent disconsolate distressed doleful down downcast forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieved heartsick heavy-hearted hurting inconsolable low low-spirited morose pensive wistful
WEAK
bitter down in dumps down in the mouth in doldrums in grief in the dumps languishing lugubrious morbid out of sorts troubled weeping woebegone
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheerful glad happy hopeful joyful
ADJECTIVE
sorrowful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affecting distressing heart-wrenching heartrending lugubrious melancholy mournful painful plaintive sad sorry
WEAK
afflicted dejected depressed disconsolate doleful dolent full of sorrow grievous heartbroken heavy-hearted hurting in mourning in pain in sorrow lamentable miserable piteous rueful ruthful singing the blues tear-jerking tearful unhappy woebegone woeful wretched
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheerful glad happy joyful
WEAK
delighted

Example Sentences

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They seek to comfort her, sick at heart as she is, by diverting the blame from her who was forced to the doer of the wrong.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

"I am sick at heart at what we have done," he said.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2019

Anyone who studies the conditions of life in Westeros comes away sick at heart.

From Slate • May 13, 2019

But they also would change our country in ways that should make us sick at heart.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2016

You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, not so much because it threatens you as because it shows humans in such an inhuman light.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.