Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Struck to the heart; shocked with fear or grief; dismayed.
- Fixed in the heart; ineradicable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.
- adjective Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Driven to the
heart ; infixed in the mind. - adjective Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.
Etymologies
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heart + struck
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Examples
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I was never transported by visual beauty or heartstruck emotion.
Goblet of Fire kateelliott 2005
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I looked up at them, heartstruck, and I realized that my co-workers think I am dying.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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Ah, the joy of the heartstruck boy whose ear was opened of love to hear!
Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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-- The multitudes depart, heartstruck; spread the sad tidings.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Trip leaves Detroit News staffers heartstruck for Haiti
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