Heavyhearted
Heavyhearted adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she was heavyhearted at losing the election, in which she had invested everything
Plaintive and heavyhearted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintive" instead an adjective "Heavyhearted".
Plaintive
Plaintive adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Heavyhearted and plaintive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heavyhearted" instead an adjective "Plaintive".
Nearby Words: plaint, plaintively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and heavyhearted
- melancholy and plaintive
- dismal and heavyhearted
- dismal and plaintive
- woeful and heavyhearted
- woeful and plaintive
- dejected and heavyhearted
- dejected and plaintive
- depressed and heavyhearted
- depressed and plaintive
- sad and heavyhearted
- sad and plaintive
- unhappy and heavyhearted
- unhappy and plaintive
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