sick at heart

idiom

: very sad and upset
The idea of children suffering from hunger made him sick at heart.

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Recent Examples on the Web The Holiday revealed here is not so much heartbroken as sick at heart, testifying at one point to terrible enveloping loneliness. Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024

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“Sick at heart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20at%20heart. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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