Synonyms for heartsore
- adjective
- noun
All synonyms
Adjective
desolate, forlorn, distressed, grieving, grief-stricken, disconsolate, heartsick, distraught, bereaved, sorrowful, melancholy, wretched, dejected, mournful, woeful, despondent, inconsolable, joyless, dispirited, doleful, woebegone
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Heartsick.
- n. 1
Heartache, misery, grief.
Forms
- Plural
- heartsores → unhappinesses, dejections…
Example sentences
- distressed I'm not paying good money for distressed clothes.
- grieving I'm still grieving from the death of my eldest son.
- disconsolate A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.
- distraught This child is distraught and may lose his mind.
- bereaved My deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| heartsore | steady | |
| distressed | rising | |
| grieving | rising | |
| disconsolate | rising | |
| distraught | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- woeful2
- 7 letters
- forlorn2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- grieving2, wretched2, desolate3, bereaved2, dejected3, mournful2
- 9 letters
- sorrowful3, dejection, heartsick, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- distressed2, melancholy4, distraught2, despondent3, dispirited4
- 11 letters
- unhappiness4
- 12 letters
- inconsolable, disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (woeful2 = 2 syllables).