Heartsick

Synonyms for "heartsick" (119 found)

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Adjective(13 words)

atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dark dejected

blue broken-hearted brokenhearted cast down comfortless crushed cut up deep-troubled dejected depressed

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (36)

Adjective(23 words)

depressed despondent disconsolate disgruntled disheartened dismal dispirited doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy

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glum grief-stricken grieving

desolate desole despondent disconsolate dispirited down downhearted forlorn heart-stricken heart-struck heartsore

Adjective(2 words)

despondent heartbroken

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brokenhearted despondent

derived

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despondent heart sick sorrowful

similar

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hopeless sorrowful

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: tatoeba (10303213)

I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.

Source: wiktionary

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