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HEARTSTRINGS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Your deepest feelings of love and compassion
Example:
many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("heartstrings" is a kind of...):
love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection)
compassion; compassionateness (a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering)