Definition of "heavy-hearted" [heavy-hearted]

• Melancholy; depressed; sad. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "So we pulled on, light-stomached and heavy-hearted, with half a thousand miles of snow and silence between us and Haines Mission by the sea."
• "Such light-hearted reaction to a heavy-hearted reality reflects ill on us as a people."
• "Two heavy-hearted singles released last year, "Fallin' " and "I Just Can't Do This," failed to make a dent on radio or BET."