heavyheartedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From heavyhearted + -ness.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of heavy-heartedness.
alt of heavy-heartedness
From the 1:45 p.m. roll call to 10 p.m. shift change, a bleak heavyheartedness hung in the air above everyone's heads. It didn't matter what side of the bars you were on, no one wanted to be there.
2014, Robert Reilly, Life in Prison: Eight Hours at a Time, →ISBN: