heartsickness
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈhɑrtˌsɪk.nəs/
- But what was my horror and heartsickness when I found signs of her virginity wanting?
Examples
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I think Obama isn't going to sleep too well tonight due to a little heartsickness.
Blog text (1) -
He was in no pain of any sort, except for shock and heartsickness.
Fiction book (1997) -
She screamed and turned to dust, ending the immediate danger but bequeathing heartsickness to the brother who survived ("Graveyard Mansion");
Academic text (2015) -
After the breakup, she was overwhelmed by feelings of heartsickness as she remembered their happy moments together.
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He tried to hide his heartsickness after losing the job he loved, but the pain was evident in his eyes.
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The unexpected end of their relationship left him in a state of heartsickness, longing for what once was.
Synonyms
410
2.1
Deep sadness after you lose someone or something important
90
3.4
Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
77
3.9
A very strong sadness after losing someone you love
74
4.8
Strong emotional pain you feel after losing someone or when love fails
18
4.0
A very sad feeling because of a loss or bad news
4
8.3
A strong feeling of sadness and loss of hope after something bad
1
8.8
A feeling of deep sadness and no hope
1
7.5
Deep sadness after losing someone you love
1
9.9
A deep sadness that nothing can comfort
1
6.3
A deep feeling of sadness about a loss
A feeling of deep sadness and loss
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
heartsickness = heart-sick (transparent) = heart + sick + ness
Formed from the adjective 'heart-sick' plus the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness', so the noun meaning ('state of being heart-sick') is directly derived and understandable.
Etymology
Heartsickness is made from heart and sickness, where heart stands for your feelings and sickness means illness. So it pictures a 'sickness of the heart' and explains why the word means deep, painful sadness or longing.