Having seen television footage of the violent insurrection, Tom was heartsick to learn that some members of Congress had known of the attempted coup d’état before it occurred.
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Heartsick
Synonyms for "heartsick" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriesaffective stateemotional state
More specific
2 entriesacute heartbreakromantic heartbreak
Collocations
6 entrieschronic heartsicknessheartsick about breakupheartsick for loveheartsick moodpersistent heartsicknessstate of heartsickness
Inflections
2 entriesmore heartsickmost heartsick
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.
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