The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heartstrike
Heartstrike \Heart"strike`\ (h[aum]rt"str[imac]k`), v. t.
To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] ``They seek to heartstrike
us.''
--B. Jonson.
Usage examples of "heartstrike".
The face of the Houndmaster, already set in the grim lines of a heartstricken man, became more grim.
And then her heartstricken expression changed to one of sudden determination.
I looked up at them, heartstruck, and I realized that my co-workers think I am dying.