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heartstruck

heartstruck adjective: having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.

Adjective

heartstruck (comparative more heartstruck, superlative most heartstruck)

  1. (archaic) Having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.
    • His heart-strooeke iniuriesc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed.
    • He added not, for Adam at the newes / Heart-ſtrook, with chilling gripe of ſorrow ſtood, / That all his ſenſes bound [...]1674, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 293, lines 263–265
    Synonyms:
    heartstricken

Synonyms of heartstruck

Forms of heartstruck

comparativemore heartstruck
superlativemost heartstruck

Origin of heartstruck

From heart + struck.

Questions about heartstruck

What does heartstruck mean?
Heartstruck means having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.
What part of speech is heartstruck?
Heartstruck is an adjective.

Words near heartstruck in the dictionary

  1. heartstopping
  2. heartstoppingly
  3. heartstricken
  4. heartstring
  5. heartstrings
  6. heartstruck
  7. heartswelling
  8. heartthrob
  9. heartthrobby
  10. heartthrobs
  11. heartward

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