Usually means: Saddened, weighed down by sorrow.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word heavy-hearted:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. heavy-hearted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. heavy-hearted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heavy-hearted, heavy-hearted: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heavy-hearted: Wordnik
  5. heavy-hearted: Wiktionary
  6. heavy-hearted: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. heavy-hearted: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. heavy-hearted: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. heavy-hearted: Dictionary.com
  10. heavy-hearted: FreeDictionary.org
  11. heavy-hearted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heavy-hearted: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) sad, melancholic.

Similar:
melancholy, melancholous, melancholic, melancholick, melancholish, heartsick, plaintive, tristful, low-hearted, depressive, more...

Opposite:
light-hearted, carefree, joyful, happy

Types:
sad, depressed, melancholy, despondent, heartbroken, gloomy, downcast, disheartened, more...



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Similar:
melancholy, melancholous, melancholic, melancholick, melancholish, heartsick, plaintive, tristful, low-hearted, depressive, more...

Opposite:
light-hearted, carefree, joyful, happy

Types:
sad, depressed, melancholy, despondent, heartbroken, gloomy, downcast, disheartened, more...



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