HEAVY HEARTEDNESS Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

heavyhearted

adjective

ˈhe-vē-ˈhär-təd

Definition of heavyhearted

as in sad

feeling unhappiness she was heavyhearted at losing the election, in which she had invested everything

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Adjective

For all of the franchise’s misadventures, the Mets — led by ones who were there for that sad September in 2001 — get this right.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Let’s return, then, to La Quinta, and the saddest pizza party imaginable.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of sad

Adjective

Warner and Greenlaw — close friends since San Francisco drafted Greenlaw in 2019 — were together again after both missed most of the 2025 season with injuries, Greenlaw’s coming as an unhappy member of the Denver Broncos.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
There's also the daunting task of keeping young conservatives engaged at a time when many of them are unhappy with party leaders.

— Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of unhappy

Adjective

Quietly depressed, a wife to Reuben (Tracy Letts, Coon’s real-life partner) and mother to Ella (Bella Ramsey) and Jo (Odessa Young), Rita holds a monotonous desk job at a bank by day, and tends to her family by night as part of her humdrum routine.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Sprague conceded Clancy had mental health issues and was depressed.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of depressed

Adjective

Trabzonspor had two bids rejected — or Saudi Arabia are over, with both countries’ transfer windows also now closed, leaving a return to Brazil as Richarlison’s only escape from a seemingly miserable situation.

— Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Cubs fans have alternated between being ecstatic and miserable, sometimes in the same inning.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of miserable

Adjective

And viewers’ mileage will certainly vary with this peculiar, fun little concoction on seclusion, connection and the need to belong that can’t hide its undercurrent of melancholy about the sorry state of a divided world.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
Roderick In Poe’s famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher, Roderick Usher is a melancholy recluse who believes his haunted mansion is the cause of his deteriorating health.

— Anna Earl, Parents, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of melancholy

Adjective

Thank god for two thinkers willing to sit and untangle our sorry state of affairs.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
And viewers’ mileage will certainly vary with this peculiar, fun little concoction on seclusion, connection and the need to belong that can’t hide its undercurrent of melancholy about the sorry state of a divided world.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sorry

Adjective

Jeffrey Katzenberg, then a studio executive at Paramount Pictures, hand-picked the Happy Days star for the job, but at the time, Winkler had a bad feeling about accepting it.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
How many of us make things worse More seasoned Internet users—a fair number who read this site—are quick to dismiss the attack.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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