singular of heartstrings

(obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. / (figuratively) One's deepest emotions or inner feelings.

Very despondent or sorrowful.

The condition of being heartsick

plural of heartsease

(informal, derogatory) A recurring patient who cannot be definitively cured, such as one whose condition is undiagnosable or untreatable or who presents nebulous symptoms.

(informal, derogatory) A heartsink patient.

plural of heartsink patient

plural of heartsink

In a heartstopping way.