Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sore or grieved at heart.
- Proceeding from a sore or grieved heart.
- noun Soreness of the heart; grief.
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- adjective
heartsick
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Examples
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That single word was the Dutch hertseer, which the Colonial Office translated directly into "heartsore."
Yvette Christiansë talks about the background to her novel, Unconfessed 2010
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When the prosecutor outlines and demands that she confirm her act, she utters one phrase, "Yes, because I was heartsore."
Yvette Christiansë talks about the background to her novel, Unconfessed 2010
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He was as numb and heartsore as Daraiel was angry.
Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010
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I was heartsore from the loss of my littermates and my mother, and angry at the way the entire pack had treated me.
Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008
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I was heartsore from the loss of my littermates and my mother, and angry at the way the entire pack had treated me.
Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008
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I see them now -- my darling sons, my fierce daughter -- heartsore and vulnerable at the news of my untimely and possibly heroic death.
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The lesson of the Kolesnikov letter is that Russians are still angry, heartsore and suspicious about their government's handling of the crisis.
A Cry From The Deep 2008
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She also gets to sing the best song of the evening, "So the Old Dog Has Come Home," the heartsore lament of a long-suffering spouse:
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So saying I lay, heartsore for desire, through the livelong night till the morning, when I repaired to the
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I was heartsore from the loss of my littermates and my mother, and angry at the way the entire pack had treated me.
Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008
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