heavyhearted
Weighed down emotionally
Heavyhearted means weighed down by sadness, grief, or worry.
The word evokes a physical sensation—as if sorrow has actual mass pressing on the chest: She left the funeral heavyhearted.
It suggests a sustained emotional burden rather than a fleeting mood.
The opposite is lighthearted.
Filled with grief
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- forlornSad and abandoned
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
- downcastSad or despondent
crestfallen · blue · somber · gloomy · wistful · pensive · mournful · disconsolate
Period following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
anguish · lamentation · grief-stricken · inconsolable · tears · desolation · woe · funeral
Made heavy by burden
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
careworn · world-weary · encumbered · saddled · beset · afflicted · taxed · strained
sorrowful
Filled with grief
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- forlornSad and abandoned
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
downcast · crestfallen · blue · somber · gloomy · wistful · pensive · mournful · disconsolate · morose
mourning
Period following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
heartache · anguish · lamentation · grief-stricken · inconsolable · tears · desolation · woe · funeral · memorial
weighed down
Made heavy by burden
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
oppressed · careworn · world-weary · encumbered · saddled · beset · afflicted · taxed · strained · weighted
compassionate
Showing concern for sufferers
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- tenderSoft or sore
- movedChanged location or felt
touched · affected · caring · concerned · feeling · sensitive · sorrowful · aching · pained · stirred
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- heartbreakheartache, broken heart, heartbreak, dumping, lost love