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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heartstruck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
heart-struck
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.

Archaic

adj

Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed.

Example Sentences

  • "His heart-strooeke iniuries"
  • "He added not, for Adam at the newes / Heart-ſtrook, with chilling gripe of ſorrow ſtood, / That all his ſenſes bound [...]"

Etymology

From heart + struck.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more heartstruck (comparative) most heartstruck (superlative)

Synonyms

heartstricken

Questions

What does heartstruck mean?
Having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.
Where does heartstruck come from?
From heart + struck.

How to pronounce heartstruck

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