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)

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