heartsick

adjective

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adj

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.

Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
“I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.”