heartsick

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
heartsick
    adj 1: full of sorrow [syn: {brokenhearted}, {heartbroken},
           {heartsick}]
    2: without or almost without hope; "despondent about his
       failure"; "too heartsick to fight back" [syn: {despondent},
       {heartsick}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Heartsick \Heart"sick`\ (h[aum]rt"s[i^]k`), a. [AS.
   heortise['o]c.]
   Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very
   despondent.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartsick":
      blue, cast down, comfortless, crushed, cut up, deep-troubled,
      dejected, depressed, desolate, desole, disconsolate, dispirited,
      down, downhearted, forlorn, heart-stricken, heart-struck,
      heartsore, inconsolable, miserable, sick, sick at heart, soul-sick,
      stricken, suicidal, unconsolable, woebegone, woeful, wretched

    

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