heartsickness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartsickness
Noun
  • In scene after scene, my mother’s work showed her nuanced perceptions about human behavior and her generous, big hearted embrace of folly and foible, and, yes, sadness, too.
    Marisa Silver September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Fear and sadness are both core emotions.
    Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The depression trudged along at 2 mph with 35-mph winds, center officials said.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But even here, the ache of the lovers’ separation registers with only a muffled sense of melancholy.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some gags land, others don’t, and the script’s sudden bursts of melancholy dependably catch you in the gut.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Neighbors and members of the community in Grand Blanc, Michigan, expressed shock and sorrow in interviews with Fox News Digital.
    Anders Hagstrom , Garrett Tenney, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Words cannot capture the depth of our sorrow for their loss.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While the vigil was not planned in response to the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, attendees and speakers expressed grief over the incident.
    Tess Ware, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Uzbek artist Feruza Kholkhujaeva filled courtyards with potted plants that will slowly die, a portrait of grief.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Heartsickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartsickness. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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