Definition of heartsick Heartsick

heart•sick

We found 5 definitions of heartsick from 4 different sources.

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What does heartsick mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

heartsick - without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"
  despondent
  hopeless (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"
heartsick - full of sorrow
  brokenhearted, heartbroken
  sorrowful experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
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  • heartsick (a.)
    Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

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  • heartsick, adjective.

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