The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
(archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
“To be sung to in this way by the entire faery kingdom, each member of it born from the heartsong of a camper, was truly a delight that not many, I believe, have known.”
“The words he speaks carry a familiar message. He lifts me up to sing my infinite heartsong. He is a musical tone that rings out to embrace the morning sky.”
“That's how her last class of the day sometimes moved from Chippewa High to Jackie's house and allowed her to spend more time with her heartthrob, Bryce Clark.”
“Comedian, tragedian and heartthrob, his distinction lies in the very indistinction of his career.”
“Also appearing is Jeremy London, the '90s teen heartthrob with a bad accent mimicking the guests of Jerry Springer.”
“To that extent, you will cling to God, and you will try to have good heartedness and good thoughts.”
“For Democrats, election-day heavy heartedness, the loser's Stoicism, had become a way of life.”
“Georges Brassens, who came from Sète not far from Narbonne, says that the first songs he loved were Trenet's. He recognises himself in Trenet, he has the same kind of pseudo-light heartedness.”