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heartsickening

heartsickening adjective: making a person feel heartsick.

Adjective

heartsickening (comparative more heartsickening, superlative most heartsickening)

  1. Making a person feel heartsick.

Forms of heartsickening

comparativemore heartsickening
superlativemost heartsickening

Origin of heartsickening

From heart + sickening.

Questions about heartsickening

What does heartsickening mean?
Heartsickening means making a person feel heartsick.
What part of speech is heartsickening?
Heartsickening is an adjective.

Words near heartsickening in the dictionary

  1. heartseeds
  2. heartsette
  3. heartsful
  4. heartshaped
  5. heartsick
  6. heartsickening
  7. heartsickness
  8. heartsicknesses
  9. heartsink
  10. heartsink patient
  11. heartsink patients

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