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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: your deepest feelings of love and compassion; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings"

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. one's deepest feelings or emotions.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone or something tugs at your heartstrings, you mean that they cause you to feel strong emotions, usually sadness or pity. She knows exactly how to tug at readers' heartstrings. N-PLURAL: oft with poss