Heartsickness
Heartsickness noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: could not begin to describe the heartsickness he felt when he sold the family farm
Melancholy and heartsickness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholy" instead a noun "Heartsickness".
Melancholy
Melancholy noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: the bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy
Heartsickness and melancholy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartsickness" instead a noun "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sadness and heartsickness
- sadness and melancholy
- despondency and heartsickness
- despondency and melancholy
- dejection and heartsickness
- dejection and melancholy
- despair and heartsickness
- despair and melancholy
- sorrow and heartsickness
- sorrow and melancholy
- depression and heartsickness
- depression and melancholy
- grief and heartsickness
- grief and melancholy
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Melancholy and Heartsickness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartsickness/melancholy
Heartsickness & Melancholy. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartsickness/melancholy>.
Melancholy or Heartsickness. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartsickness/melancholy.
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