HEARTSTRINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heartstrings mean? 

• HEARTSTRINGS (noun)
  The noun HEARTSTRINGS has 1 sense:

1. your deepest feelings of love and compassion

  Familiarity information: HEARTSTRINGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEARTSTRINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Your deepest feelings of love and compassion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings

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)

 Context examples 

If you won’t be working on an artistic project, you may be rolling up your sleeves for a charity or humanitarian effort, for this new moon in Pisces will pluck at your heartstrings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The sixth house is also the house ruling small domestic animals, so if you were thinking of adopting a little puppy or kitten, this is the time to visit the rescue center where you can find one that will pull at your heartstrings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)