heavyhearted

adjective

ˈhe-vē-ˈhär-təd How to pronounce heavyhearted (audio)
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as in sad
feeling unhappiness she was heavyhearted at losing the election, in which she had invested everything

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavyhearted
  1. sad
  2. unhappy
  3. depressed
  4. heartbroken
  5. miserable
  6. melancholy
  7. sorry
  8. bad
Adjective
  • Family members and two of his lawyers say he was diagnosed with severe PTSD, a sad and rapid fall that ended in another explosion of violence.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The receptivity of people to demagoguery is an old, sad story, analyzed at least as far back as the Greeks.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of sad
Adjective
  • Rather than panic, consider that software developers are pretty unhappy with the status quo.
    — Steve Rodda, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Recent polling also suggests that Americans are relatively unhappy with DOGE’s efforts.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Wood became depressed and died by suicide less than a year after the incident.
    — Newsweek, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • An exception is oil and gas executives, some of whom are buying while their shares are depressed.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of depressed
Adjective
  • But in a confessional, Stacey weeps while sympathizing with her heartbroken friend.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Long Live Curt, a tribute to a close friend who died, could fit on a DJ set with the heartbroken singalongs of fellow Floridians like St. Petersburg’s Rod Wave and Jacksonville’s Lil Poppa.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of heartbroken
Adjective
  • And the fact that some people need to live miserable lives in order for other people to live these absolutely luxurious lives.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Down the road, Reus is taking a lot of the heat for the LA Galaxy’s miserable start to the season, having failed so far to make up for the injury absence of Riqui Puig in central midfield.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of miserable
Adjective
  • The Welsh quartet’s Dead Meat follow-up takes DNA from the Smiths’ melancholy exuberance, the Go-Betweens’ windswept gusto, and gung-ho London punk fervor to formulate a disempowered power-pop that spins insecurity and grief into bundles of melodic joy.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Luckily, Pattinson manages to keep things buoyant without diluting the late-capitalism metaphors or the melancholy existentialism.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of melancholy
Adjective
  • Brienne—sorry, Lorne—and Mr. Drummond (RIP) and the sacrificial baby goat!
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • So now that the price is slashed in half, this is really a deal that can't be beat (sorry).
    — John Mihaly, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of sorry
Adjective
  • Jayson Tatum kept the Celtics in the game most of the night with 33 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, but Brown had one of his worst games of the year with just 10 points.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • So first, the argument for not giving President Trump and Elon Musk more power to do more bad, to move money around at will, to shut down more organizations and to give it our vote.
    — Mansee Khurana, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of bad
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“Heavyhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavyhearted. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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