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单词 heartsickness
释义

heartsick

adjective

heart·​sick ˈhärt-ˌsik How to pronounce heartsick (audio)
: very despondent : depressed
heartsickness noun

Synonyms

  • bad
  • blue
  • brokenhearted
  • cast down
  • crestfallen
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • disconsolate
  • doleful
  • down
  • down in the mouth
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • droopy
  • forlorn
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • hangdog
  • heartbroken
  • heartsore
  • heavyhearted
  • inconsolable
  • joyless
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • melancholic
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • mournful
  • sad
  • saddened
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • unhappy
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

They were absolutely heartsick over the loss of their home. I was heartsick to learn of their divorce.
Recent Examples on the Web So, as Americans watched January 6, most of them were heartsick. CBS News, 24 July 2022 In his heartsick confusion, the song’s narrator is deflecting responsibility for what might happen next. Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 Since the Russian invasion began in Ukraine, Anna Afanasieva has been heartsick with worry for her parents and sister who live in Odessa, in southern Ukraine. Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 The trio — Solo Tres — sings a heartsick Mexican ballad of love and loss. Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022 Unlike Van Zandt, who sounds heartsick, frayed, and desperate, Dando gives a performance that is practically jaunty. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022 Millions of Russians with friends and relatives in Ukraine are heartsick, while others cling to the belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing only what is necessary to protect the motherland against a perfidious West. Katya Korobtsova, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022 As the global pandemic shape shifts around us, many people are still isolated, alone, fearful, hurting, hungry, heartsick, and needing a hand. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2021 As the global pandemic shape shifts around us, many people are still isolated, alone, fearful, hurting, hungry, heartsick, and needing a hand. Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1529, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

heartsick

adjective

heart·​sick ˈhärt-ˌsik How to pronounce heartsick (audio)
: very sad

heartsickness

noun

as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits could not begin to describe the heartsickness he felt when he sold the family farm

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sadness
  • sorrowfulness
  • melancholy
  • mournfulness
  • depression
  • sorrow
  • grief
  • anguish
  • unhappiness
  • dejection
  • glumness
  • joylessness
  • misery
  • despair
  • agony
  • oppression
  • miserableness
  • gloom
  • downheartedness
  • forlornness
  • desperation
  • dreariness
  • gloominess
  • mourning
  • despondence
  • pain
  • blues
  • despondency
  • blue devils
  • dispiritedness
  • boredom
  • disconsolateness
  • distress
  • desolation
  • dumps
  • dolefulness
  • melancholia
  • regret
  • mopes
  • doldrums
  • despond
  • hopelessness
  • somberness
  • discouragement
  • ennui
  • disheartenment
  • wretchedness
  • moroseness
  • woe
  • self-pity
  • morbidness
  • moodiness
  • dolor
  • woefulness
  • self-despair
  • tedium
  • drear
  • dismalness
  • morosity
  • rue

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • joy
  • ecstasy
  • exultation
  • happiness
  • elation
  • joyousness
  • euphoria
  • exuberance
  • jubilation
  • intoxication
  • bliss
  • joyfulness
  • rapture
  • exhilaration
  • gladness
  • mirth
  • gayety
  • glee
  • felicity
  • heaven
  • optimism
  • hopefulness
  • gaiety
  • humor
  • lightheartedness
  • blissfulness
  • joviality
  • cheerfulness
  • mirthfulness
  • contentment
  • gayness
  • jollity
  • gleefulness
  • merriment
  • cheeriness
  • elatedness
  • rapturousness
  • gladsomeness
  • satisfaction
  • contentedness
  • cheer
  • sunniness
  • content
  • delight
  • gratification
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