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heavy heart

heavy heart noun: a strong feeling of sadness or misery.

Noun

heavy heart (plural heavy hearts)

  1. (figuratively) A strong feeling of sadness or misery
    • “We lost,” he said with a heavy heart.
    • “Now, to begin today I want to ask one particular father and son to join me at the altar to read their special Father’s Day poem to the rest of the congregation.” With heavy hearts, father and son went up to the altar, and turned round to face the sea of empty chairs.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of heavy heart

pluralheavy hearts

Words formed from heavy heart

Questions about heavy heart

What does heavy heart mean?
Heavy heart means a strong feeling of sadness or misery.
What part of speech is heavy heart?
Heavy heart is a noun.
What is the plural of heavy heart?
The plural of heavy heart is heavy hearts.

Words near heavy heart in the dictionary

  1. heavy goods vehicle
  2. heavy goods vehicles
  3. heavy half
  4. heavy halfs
  5. heavy hand
  6. heavy heart
  7. heavy hearts
  8. heavy hitter
  9. heavy hitters
  10. heavy hydrogen
  11. heavy icebreaker

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