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heavyhearted

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Synonyms & Antonyms of heavyhearted

feeling unhappiness

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

Synonyms for heavyhearted

bad,
blue,
brokenhearted,
cast down,
crestfallen,
dejected,
depressed,
despondent,
disconsolate,
doleful,
down,
down in the mouth,
downcast,
downhearted,
droopy,
forlorn,
gloomy,
glum,
hangdog,
heartbroken,
heartsick,
heartsore,
inconsolable,
joyless,
low,
low-spirited,
melancholic,
melancholy,
miserable,
mournful,
sad,
saddened,
sorrowful,
sorry,
unhappy,
woebegone,
woeful,
wretched

Words Related to heavyhearted

aggrieved,
distressed,
troubled,
uneasy,
unquiet,
upset,
worried

despairing,
hopeless,
sunk

disappointed,
discouraged,
disheartened,
dispirited

suicidal

dolorous,
lachrymose,
lugubrious,
plaintive,
tearful

regretful,
rueful

agonized,
anguished,
grieving,
wailing,
weeping

black,
bleak,
cheerless,
comfortless,
dark,
darkening,
depressing,
desolate,
dismal,
drear,
dreary,
elegiac
(also elegiacal),
funereal,
gray
(also grey),
morbid,
morose,
murky,
saturnine,
somber
(or sombre),
sullen

Near Antonyms for heavyhearted

ecstatic,
elated,
enraptured,
entranced,
euphoric,
exhilarated,
exuberant,
exultant,
overjoyed,
rapturous,
rhapsodic
(also rhapsodical)

blithe,
blithesome,
jocose,
jocular,
jocund,
jolly,
jovial,
lightsome,
merry,
mirthful

excited,
thrilled

hopeful,
optimistic,
rosy,
sanguine

encouraged,
heartened

animated,
bouncing,
energetic,
frisky,
jaunty,
lively,
peppy,
perky,
spirited,
sprightful,
sprightly,
springy,
vital,
vivacious,
zippy

content,
gratified,
pleased,
satisfied

beaming,
grinning,
laughing,
smiling

boon,
carefree,
careless,
cavalier,
devil-may-care,
easygoing,
happy-go-lucky,
insouciant,
lighthearted,
unconcerned

Antonyms for heavyhearted

blissful,
buoyant,
buoyed,
cheerful,
cheery,
chipper,
delighted,
glad,
gladdened,
gladsome,
gleeful,
happy,
joyful,
joyous,
jubilant,
sunny,
upbeat

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