- heartsickening
- adjective
: causing depression or despondency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
heartsickening
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heartsick — heartsickening, adj. heartsickness, n. /hahrt sik /, adj. extremely depressed or unhappy. [1520 30; HEART + SICK1] Syn. dejected, sick at heart, despondent, dispirited. * * * … Universalium
agonizing — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressful, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending,… … Moby Thesaurus
consuming — Synonyms and related words: absorbing, agonizing, arresting, attractive, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, desolating, destroying, destructive, devastating,… … Moby Thesaurus
desolating — Synonyms and related words: agonizing, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consuming, consumptive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, destroying, destructive, devastating, disastrous, doomful, excruciating,… … Moby Thesaurus
excruciating — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressful, distressing, exquisite, extreme, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending,… … Moby Thesaurus
harrowing — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, agonizing, alarming, atrocious, biting, chilling, consuming, cramping, cruel, daunting, desolating, disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, excruciating, frightening, gnawing … Moby Thesaurus
heartbreaking — Synonyms and related words: afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire, distressing, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, racking, regrettable, rending, tormenting,… … Moby Thesaurus
heartrending — Synonyms and related words: affecting, afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire, distressing, doleful, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartbreaking, heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, moving, pathetic, piteous,… … Moby Thesaurus
racking — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, barbarous, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking,… … Moby Thesaurus
tormenting — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, aggravating, agonizing, annoying, atrocious, biting, bothering, bothersome, chafing, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating,… … Moby Thesaurus
