[syn: despondent, heartsick]
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]
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]
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