heartsickness
Pining for another
Heartsickness is deep emotional anguish, especially from grief, longing, or romantic disappointment.
The word evokes a physical sensation—as if sorrow has settled in the chest: She was overcome with heartsickness after he left.
More literary than everyday, it suggests sustained melancholy rather than momentary sadness.
Not returned in kind
- lovelornUnhappy due to unreturned affection
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
crush · heartbreak · rejection · jilted · spurned · torch · devotion · moonstruck
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
grieving · despair · lamentation · bereft · tragedy · condolence · desolation · woe
Profound loss of hope
- forlornnessMiserable isolation of spirit
- hopelessnessState without hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- glumnessState of being dispirited
bleakness · melancholia · downheartedness · heavyhearted · brooding · somberness · doldrums · malaise
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- achePersistent dull discomfort
languishing · craving · missing · hiraeth · bittersweet · reminiscence · faraway · distance
unrequited
Not returned in kind
- lovelornUnhappy due to unreturned affection
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
smitten · crush · heartbreak · rejection · jilted · spurned · torch · devotion · moonstruck · swooning
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
anguish · grieving · despair · lamentation · bereft · tragedy · condolence · desolation · woe · misery
despondency
Profound loss of hope
- forlornnessMiserable isolation of spirit
- hopelessnessState without hope
- depressionProlonged low state
glumness · bleakness · melancholia · downheartedness · heavyhearted · brooding · somberness · doldrums · malaise · listlessness
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
ache · languishing · craving · missing · hiraeth · bittersweet · reminiscence · faraway · distance · separation
heartsicknesshopefulness
Expectation of positive outcomes
optimism · sunniness · hope · buoyancy · confidence
heartsicknesswedded bliss
Ideal state of matrimony
honeymoon phase · heaven · walking on air · over the moon · intoxication
heart, sickness, sick, heartfelt, sickly, sickening, hearts, heartache, heartbeat