|
|
Definition of Heavyhearted
1. Adjective. Depressed.
Definition of Heavyhearted
1. Adjective. Sad. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heavyhearted
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heavyhearted
Literary usage of Heavyhearted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"... heavyhearted, and crest-fallen, pursued his travel homewards, along the sides
of the lofty hills which rise above Tarry Town, and which he had traversed ..."
2. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1878)
"Somewhat heavyhearted, he bethought himself, at last, of the editor of a religious
newspaper, whose acquaintance he had made during the spring, ..."
3. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1899)
"One must be heavyhearted, indeed, not to be amused as he recalls the mirth-provoking
stanzas of that poem, while he beholds the very window through which ..."
4. Ten Selections from The Sketch-book by Washington Irving (1892)
"It was the very witching time of night, that Ichabod, heavyhearted and crestfallen,
pursued his travel homewards along the sides of the lofty hills which ..."
Other Resources:
