as in sad
feeling unhappiness a grandmother feeling heartsore and despondent when all her relatives left en masse after the holidays

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartsore
Adjective
  • January 26, 2025: Once again, the Bills lose their playoff game against the Chiefs, sparking a bunch of sad Josh Allen edits on TikTok.
    Glamour, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In a sad irony, her grieving family strives to live by Maggie’s words and channel her spirit.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Our community is heartbroken and our hearts go out to everyone that's been impacted.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • La Plata Youth Soccer Association and FC Charles 1658 posted on social media applauding his support for their teams and expressing how heartbroken the community was.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But Chinese policymakers have been struggling to contain a massive property-market slump, alongside depressed consumer confidence.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Morosi believes Arenado's apparent decline is playing a role in his depressed trade market.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Witherspoon presents Margot not as some unhappy bachelorette, but as a modern, self-reliant woman.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The Thailand-set season sees a new crop of unhappy, rich vacationers at a luxurious resort.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • After a miserable year for the run defense, Morgan is hoping to give the trenches a facelift in free agency and the draft.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Continued his everyday process like nothing was wrong, would come home and be miserable.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Knowledge of that ticking clock is one of many affecting veins of melancholy subtext running through Ira Sachs’ uniquely beautiful experiment in verbatim first-person biography, Peter Hujar’s Day, a work that ranks among the director’s best.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The songs that make up the film’s soundtrack similarly run the gamut; a flamenco number anchors a melancholy moment of remembrance.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If a nation produces two great works of cinema in a single year, sorry, one’s gotta go.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Mathews agreed that there was no need for Barrymore to feel sorry for expressing herself in a way that feels comfortable.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Heartsore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartsore. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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