Meanings
adjectiveheartstruck (comparative more heartstruck, superlative most heartstruck)
comparative more heartstruck · superlative most heartstruck
- archaicHaving profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.
His heart-strooeke iniuries
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i] - Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed.
He added not, for Adam at the newes / Heart-ſtrook, with chilling gripe of ſorrow ſtood, / That all his ſenſes bound [...]
1674, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 293, lines 263–265Synonyms: heartstricken
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveShocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed.
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