sick at heart

idiom

: very sad and upset
The idea of children suffering from hunger made him sick at heart.

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The Holiday revealed here is not so much heartbroken as sick at heart, testifying at one point to terrible enveloping loneliness. Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024

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“Sick at heart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20at%20heart. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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