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Words with a similar base: heartsick

'heartsick'

[brokenhearted.s.01] as in: full of sorrow

'heartsick'

[despondent.s.01] as in: without or almost without hope

Examples:
despondent about his failure
too heartsick to fight back

Origins

					heartsick (English)
├── heart (English)
│   └── herte (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── heorte (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── sick (English)
    └── sek (Middle English (1100-1500))