as in heartbroken
feeling unhappiness felt heartsick over having to give up the family farm

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Recent Examples of heartsick But viewers, particularly younger female ones, relished their bond — and were heartsick when the stars ended their real-life romance in 2007 after two years. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024 The lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg was a punk-rock Jackson Browne, a pugilistic but ultimately heartsick poet with matinee-idol looks. Elizabeth Nelson, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023 Of equal importance, these heartsick lyrics were swathed in an atmospheric soundscape unlike any music Dylan had made before. David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023 The 49ers were heartsick about their young teammate’s injury. Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2022 So, as Americans watched January 6, most of them were heartsick. CBS News, 24 July 2022 In his heartsick confusion, the song’s narrator is deflecting responsibility for what might happen next. Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 Since the Russian invasion began in Ukraine, Anna Afanasieva has been heartsick with worry for her parents and sister who live in Odessa, in southern Ukraine. Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 The trio — Solo Tres — sings a heartsick Mexican ballad of love and loss. Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
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Adjective
  • In the original visual, the Grammy winner plays a heartbroken character named Peaches who has all traces of her ex wiped from her hippocampus, an homage to Michel Gondry’s 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Seven Oaks parents ‘heartbroken’ Five Seven Oaks parents reached out to the Statesman to express disappointment with the removal of the bulletin board.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.
    Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite that success, Willard was unhappy with the program’s financial commitments.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
  • If Amazon is unhappy with season 2 of Citadel and season 1 was not all the great to begin with, this idea that the series is going to launch into some popular, sprawling spy universe for the service seems in doubt.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.
    Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
    Gaylyn Henderson, MPH, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Many parents, in fact, report that the worst-case scenario is not when your whole family is ill but when the adults are miserable and the under-six cohort feels just fine.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Scratching will just make your rash worse and your life more miserable.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • So now that the price is slashed in half, this is really a deal that can't be beat (sorry).
    John Mihaly, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Brienne—sorry, Lorne—and Mr. Drummond (RIP) and the sacrificial baby goat!
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, although Lund isn’t going for any major tear-jerking moments, his movie invokes the melancholy sense of something important passing into the mists.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Its melancholy lyrics centered around a Greek myth in which the satyr, Marsyas, challenges the god Apollo to a music contest, and for his hubris, ends up skinned alive.
    Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Give me the Bulldogs to pull the biggest upset of the second round.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In 2018, Ryan Odom led UMBC to the first ever No. 16 upset of a No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Heartsick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartsick. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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