Usually means: Emotional fibers, tug at feelings.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word Heartstring:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. heartstring: Merriam-Webster
  2. heartstring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heartstring: Wordnik
  4. heartstring: Wiktionary
  5. Heartstring, heartstring: Dictionary.com
  6. Heartstring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. heartstring: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Heartstring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. heartstring: FreeDictionary.org
  10. heartstring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heartstring: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (heartstring)

noun:  (rare) singular of heartstrings
noun:  (anatomy, historical) A tendon or other structure resembling a cord once thought to be attached to, or to brace, the heart.
noun:  (figurative) A source of one's deepest emotions or inner feelings, especially compassion or love.
noun:  (figurative, archaic) The essential or vital part of something; the core, the essence, the heart.





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