heartsickness

noun

: the quality or state of being heartsick

died of … heartsickness after moving here and waiting for years for the man who never came

—National Geographic

the wild heartsickness of the desert

—Lawrence Durrell

Word History

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for heartsickness

• homesickness
• seasickness
• quickness
• sickness
• thickness