Synonyms for heavy heart

Most common

grief · misery · woe · heartache

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A strong feeling of sadness or misery

   “We lost,” he said with a heavy heart.

Example sentences

• grief There are five stages of grief. Stage one: denial.
• misery Tom blamed all his misery on planned obsolescence.
• woe It is better to say "woe is me" than "woe is us".
• heartache His friend's cold shoulder caused him heartache.

By length

3 letters

woe¹

5 letters

grief¹

6 letters

misery³

9 letters

heartache²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery³ = 3 syllables).