heartsore
7.9
Feeling deep sadness and hurt inside
- adjective
- /ˈhɑrtˌsɔr/
- Archaic
:
afligido
- She sat alone in her room, feeling heartsore over the end of her relationship.
Examples
-
As always when Scarlett was heartsore, she thought of Tara.
Fiction book (1991) -
... in air tinged with the bloody lavender of a sunrise over an Ipswich dune, Rabbit was heartsore.
Fiction book (1992) -
After losing her grandmother, she felt truly heartsore and struggled to find joy in everyday life.
-
The news of his friend's accident left him heartsore, remembering all the happy moments they had shared.
Synonyms
heartsick
vsheartsore
6
6.3
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
is deep sadness or emotional pain without focusing on cause
Antonyms
How Sad
inconsolable
10
7.2
10
7.2
heartbroken
67
3.2
67
3.2
heartsore
- Archaic
sorrowful
14
3.6
14
3.6
sad
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
down
24
6.7
- Informal
24
6.7
Surface Forms
heartsore positive
Morphology
Etymology
Heartsore is made from heart and sore, where heart is the place for feelings and sore means 'pain'. So to be heartsore is to feel deep sadness or emotional pain.