Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heartsore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heart-sore
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Heartache, misery, grief.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They remain as eye-sores, and, I might say, heartsores; for God knows there is misery enough within those wretched portals."
"The witness says: That is true, I did say that through heartsore, because my Master beat the child, although it was not so much, and it is true that when I was so angry Master and Mistress prevented me."

Etymology

From heart + sore. Compare Saterland Frisian Haatseer (“heartache”), West Frisian hertsear (“heartache”), Dutch hartzeer (“heartache”), German Low German Hartsehr (“heartache”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more heartsore (comparative) most heartsore (superlative) heartsores (plural)

Synonyms

sorrowful grief-stricken grieving atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen

Questions

What does heartsore mean?: Heartsick.
Where does heartsore come from?: From heart + sore. Compare Saterland Frisian Haatseer (“heartache”), West Frisian hertsear (“heartache”), Dutch hartzeer (“heartache”), German Low German Hartsehr (“heartache”).

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