heartsick

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English

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Etymology

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From heart +‎ sick.

Adjective

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heartsick (comparative more heartsick, superlative most heartsick)

  1. Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
    • 2024 September 17, Lauren DePino, “I Sang at Hundreds of Funerals. This Is What I Learned About Grief.”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
      I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.