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sinking heart

sinking heart noun: a feeling of intense sadness.

Noun

sinking heart (plural sinking hearts)

  1. (figuratively) A feeling of intense sadness.
    • "Yes, that was the date set for the ceremony," Vane Cameron responded, with a sinking heart, as he bent a pitying look upon the young and terribly stricken husband.1898, Mrs. Georgie Sheldon, His Heart's Queen, G. W. Dillingham Company, page 127
    • Louisa looked from Everett’s apologetic smile to her mother’s satisfied expression to Juliet’s smirk and realized with a sinking heart that things were, in fact, quite settled.2024, Natalie C. Parker, Three Sides of a Heart, HarperCollins, →ISBN

Forms of sinking heart

pluralsinking hearts

Questions about sinking heart

What does sinking heart mean?
Sinking heart means a feeling of intense sadness.
What part of speech is sinking heart?
Sinking heart is a noun.
What is the plural of sinking heart?
The plural of sinking heart is sinking hearts.

Words near sinking heart in the dictionary

  1. sinking
  2. sinking feeling
  3. sinking feelings
  4. sinking fund
  5. sinking funds
  6. sinking heart
  7. sinking in
  8. sinking or swimming
  9. sinking ship
  10. sinking ships
  11. sinkings

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