"heavy-hearted" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-heavy-hearted.ogg Forms: more heavy-hearted [comparative], most heavy-hearted [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} heavy-hearted (comparative more heavy-hearted, superlative most heavy-hearted)
  1. (idiomatic) sad, melancholic. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: heavy-heartedly, heavy-heartedness Related terms: heavy heart Translations (sad, melancholic): θυμοβαρής (thumobarḗs) (Ancient Greek), тъжен (tǎžen) (Bulgarian), унил (unil) (Bulgarian), обезсърчен (obezsǎrčen) (Bulgarian)

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/En-au-heavy-hearted.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎžen",
      "sense": "sad, melancholic",
      "word": "тъжен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "unil",
      "sense": "sad, melancholic",
      "word": "унил"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obezsǎrčen",
      "sense": "sad, melancholic",
      "word": "обезсърчен"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thumobarḗs",
      "sense": "sad, melancholic",
      "word": "θυμοβαρής"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heavy-hearted"
}

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