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heartsick

adjective
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As an adjective, heartsick means very despondent or sorrowful.

Meanings of heartsick

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Very despondent or sorrowful.

  2. Full of sorrow

    Similar: brokenhearted, heartbroken

  3. Without or almost without hope

    “despondent about his failure”

    “too heartsick to fight back”

    Similar: despondent

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: full of sorrow
brokenheartedheartbroken
adjective: without or almost without hope
despondent

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