extremely unhappy
Thesaurus: feeling sad or unhappysynonym
Main entry: sick
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sick at heart
: very sad and upset
The idea of children suffering from hunger made him sick at heart.
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Main Entry: ↑heart
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sick at heart — see ↑heart
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Main Entry: ↑sick
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sick at ˈheart idiom
Useful english dictionary. 2012.