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heartsick

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
heart-sick
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English sick English heartsick From heart + sick.

Inflected Forms

more heartsick (comparative) most heartsick (superlative)

Derived Forms

heartsickness

Synonyms

miserable unhappy atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen

Questions

What does heartsick mean?
Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
Where does heartsick come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English sick English heartsick From heart + sick.

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