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sick at heart

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sick at heart (literary)

very sad. The thought of her home so far away made her sick at heart.

See also: heart, sick

sick at heart

very sad, unhappy, or upset. She was sick at heart, knowing that he was putting himself in great danger.

See also: heart, sick

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Personally, I see difficulties in the way, and feel sick at heart at the mere prospect.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

I turned sick at heart when the question occurred to me, and when I felt self- reproachfully that it was asked too late.

The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context

She knew what their whispers were about, grew sick at heart, and felt that she could come to church no more.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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