
Meaning of HEARTRENDING
| Pronunciation: | | 'hârt`rending
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" |
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HEARTRENDING is a 12 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | grievous, heartbreaking, sorrowful |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Heart"rend`ing\, a.
Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very
distressing.
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| | Related Terms: | | affecting, afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire, distressing, doleful, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartbreaking, heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, moving, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, racking, regrettable, rending, tormenting, torturous, touching, unfortunate |
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