Heartsore

Synonyms for "heartsore" (126 found)

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Adjective(19 words)

atrabiliary atrabilious bereaved blitheless blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dark dejected depressed desolate despondent disconsolate disgruntled

Noun(6 words)

blueness blues crestfallenness dejection depression despondency

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Adjective(29 words)

disheartened dismal dispirited distraught distressed doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken

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grieving heartsick heavy-hearted inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful

Noun(8 words)

distress dolefulness downheartedness drearihead forlornness grief ill-being infelicity

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Adjective(40 words)

low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish maudlin melancholic melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive querulous sad saddened saturnine shattered solemn

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sombre sorrow-ridden sorrowful sorrowsome spiritless sullen threnetic threnetical triste tristful uncheerful uncheery unconsolable unhappy unlively wistful woe woebegone woeful wretched

low spirited sick

Noun(21 words)

melancholia melancholy mirthless misery mishappiness mourn prosternation regret remorse rue ruth sadness sorrow sorrowfulness tristesse tristfulness undelight unhappiness woe woefare

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They remain as eye-sores, and, I might say, heartsores; for God knows there is misery enough within those wretched portals.

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The witness says: That is true, I did say that through heartsore, because my Master beat the child, although it was not so much, and it is true that when I was so angry Master and Mistress prevented me.

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