heartsore
heartsore adjective: heartsick.
Adjective
heartsore (comparative more heartsore, superlative most heartsore)
- Heartsick.
- Synonyms:
- sorrowful, grief-stricken, grieving, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen
Noun
heartsore (countable and uncountable, plural heartsores)
- Heartache, misery, grief.
- They remain as eye-sores, and, I might say, heartsores; for God knows there is misery enough within those wretched portals.1885, Alfred J. Cohen, Jonathan's home, by Alan Dale, page 104
- The witness says: That is true, I did say that through heartsore, because my Master beat the child, although it was not so much, and it is true that when I was so angry Master and Mistress prevented me.1904, George McCall Theal, Records of the Cape Colony, page 278
- Synonyms:
- dejection, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, depression, despondency, distress
heartsore meaning in Tamil
heartsore in Tamil
- துயரமான
Synonyms of heartsore
- sorrowful
- grief-stricken
- grieving
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- dispirited
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
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Forms of heartsore
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more heartsore |
| superlative | most heartsore |
| Noun | |
| plural | heartsores |
Origin of heartsore
From heart + sore. Compare Saterland Frisian Haatseer (“heartache”), West Frisian hertsear (“heartache”), Dutch hartzeer (“heartache”), German Low German Hartsehr (“heartache”).
Questions about heartsore
- What does heartsore mean?
- Heartsore means heartsick.
- What is heartsore in Tamil?
- Heartsore in Tamil is துயரமான. See Heartsore meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is heartsore?
- Heartsore can be an adjective or a noun.
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