Heartstruck

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind. archaic

    "His heart-strooeke iniuries"

  2. 2
    Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed.

    "He added not, for Adam at the newes / Heart-ſtrook, with chilling gripe of ſorrow ſtood, / That all his ſenſes bound [...]"

Synonyms

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heartstricken

Example

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"He added not, for Adam at the newes / Heart-ſtrook, with chilling gripe of ſorrow ſtood, / That all his ſenſes bound [...]"

Etymology

From heart + struck.

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