heartsickness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartsickness
Noun
  • But the sadness at seeing Nuno depart does not equate to an anti-Postecoglou sentiment.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Any book that centers love, friendship, dependence, entwinement, with humor, grace, sadness, pathos, that has such immense warmth and care at the core, is the best kind of book to me.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The connection appeared to be partly explained by higher levels of a gut bacterium called Eggerthella, a bacterium previously linked to inflammation and found in greater abundance among people with depression.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Often, doctors don't connect symptoms like depression or suicidal thoughts to the drug.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The pop icon’s 12th album, released at midnight on Friday, is being hailed for the singer’s return to upbeat pop following last year’s melancholy The Tortured Poets Department, with Swift reuniting with Swedish hitmaker producers Max Martin and Shellback.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Running underneath all of our efforts was heartache, sorrow, and anxiety over her loss.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In early Christian thinking, its connotations of languor and listlessness, within the spirit no less than the body, lent it the status of a sin—a turning aside from God for the sake of earthly sorrow.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ari Aster's sophomore directorial effort might seem like another atmospheric cultish folk horror, but the film uses the genre as a symbolic journey for the overcoming of grief and shedding one life for another.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Caregiver support groups and therapy have been essential in navigating my grief.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Heartsickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartsickness. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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