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11heart-rending — adj. Heart rending is used with these nouns: ↑story …
12heart-rending — adjective their heart rending testimonies had the audience in tears Syn: distressing, upsetting, disturbing, heartbreaking, sad, tragic, painful, traumatic, harrowing; pitiful, poignant, plaintive, moving, tearjerker, tearjerking, gut wrenching …
13heart-rending — UK [ˈhɑː(r)tˌrendɪŋ] / US [ˈhɑrtˌrendɪŋ] adjective making you feel very sad and sympathetic because someone is suffering a heart rending story of a young mother with cancer …
14heart-rending — /ˈhat rɛndɪŋ / (say haht rending) adjective causing acute mental anguish. –heart rendingly, adverb …
15heart-rending — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very sad or distressing …
16heart-rending — [härt′ren΄diŋ] adj. causing much grief or mental anguish heart rendingly adv …
17heart-rending — adjective Having a strong effect upon the emotions, inclining one to sadness or pity; heart breaking …
18heart-rending — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. moving, piteous, grievous, mournful; see pitiful 1 , sad 2 …
19heart-rending — heart breaking, causing profound mental anguish …
20heart-rending — adjective causing great sadness or distress. Derivatives heart rendingly adverb …