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heartsore

heartsore

9.9
A person who feels deep sadness and cannot find comfort, often in old writing
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑrtˌsɔr/
  • Archaic
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  • In the old poem, a heartsore laments the loss of a beloved friend.

Examples

  • The heartsore wandered the empty halls, lost in memories of happier days.

  • She felt heartsore after losing her beloved pet.

  • After hearing the tragic news, she became a heartsore unable to find comfort.

  • The heartsore widow mourned her late husband every day.

  • After losing her beloved pet, she felt like a heartsore ghost wandering through the empty rooms.

  • The heartsore mother mourned her child's departure long after he had left home.

  • In the story, the heartsore poet wrote verses of love lost and unfulfilled dreams.

Synonyms

weeper
vsheartsore
1 6.5

A person who often cries in sad or emotional situations

is deep grave sorrow used in archaic or literary style
sorrower
vsheartsore
8.4

A person who feels deep sadness after losing someone

is an older literary term for that deep grieving state
lamenter
vsheartsore
  • Literature
7.7

A person who shows sadness at a funeral or after a death

is inward deep sorrow rather than the act of expressing it

Antonyms

cheerful personality
2.3

A friendly, happy way of acting that makes others feel better

How Sorrowful

heartsore
  • Archaic
9.9
mourner
39 4.0
bereaved person
  • Formal
6.7

Surface Forms

heartsore singular
heartsore plural

Morphology

heartsore = heart + sore (transparent) = heart + sore

The noun sense refers to someone 'sore at heart' and is directly based on the compound 'heart' + 'sore'.

Etymology

Heartsore is made from heart and sore, and in older poems it names a person whose heart is full of 'pain'. That's why a heartsore can mean a sorrowful or grieving person.