heartrending meaning

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heartrending (adjective): causing or marked by grief or anguish.

Definition of heartrending

  1. causing or marked by grief or anguish
    • a grievous loss
    • a grievous cry
    • her sigh was heartbreaking
    • the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter

    Synonyms: grievous, heartbreaking

    Similar: sorrowful

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HE · words ending in NG · 12-letter words

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