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heavy-hearted
adjective
uk /ˌhev.iˈhɑː.tɪd/ us /ˌhev.iˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/
feeling great sadness:
The townspeople were heavy-hearted after the fire that destroyed a beloved family restaurant.
Heavy-hearted, I dragged myself to school.
We were all heavy-hearted over the news that our beloved former teacher had passed away.
The graduating senior admitted to feeling heavy-hearted about leaving her classmates to go off to college.
They held a prayer vigil for the dead in an effort to bring comfort to the heavy-hearted community.
I was heavy-hearted knowing I'd never see him again, and it was all my fault.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling sad and unhappy
a long faceidiom
abjection
angsty
be cut upidiom
be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
dismayed
displeased
dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
lovesick
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone
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