heartstrings

Noun

Meaning

your deepest feelings of love and compassion

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Synonyms

being blood inside core heart soul feeling bone nerve breast passion chord gut belly sweetheart

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Antonyms

malice evil spite horror hate hostility

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Hypernyms

love compassion compassionateness

Phrases with the word

play on heartstrings play on someone's heartstrings pull at someone's heartstrings tug at someone's heartstrings

Examples

many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings Source: Internet

From the arc where Raven fights against her demon father, Terra’s rise and fall, and the standalone episode where Starfire gets a glimpse of a future without the Titans — there’s plenty of stories that will tug on your heartstrings. Source: Internet

A world Netflix knew the streaming population needed more of, a series that Ms. Dolly said “really did tug at your heartstrings.” Source: Internet

And yet, it truly is a funny book -- the Penderwicks are witty and there is an undercurrent of humor throughout -- but it's also one that tugged at my heartstrings and made me cry in the end. Source: Internet

Finally, the sunflower fields just pulled at the heartstrings of people. Source: Internet

All of the Lakers were impressive for their last meet, but Jenn Priebe, a swimmer with a story that could tug at the heartstrings, was a standout. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

heartstricken heartstrike heartstring heartstruck heartswelling heartthrob