heartrending
See also: heart-rending
English
Alternative forms
- heart-rending
Etymology
heart + rending
Adjective
heartrending (comparative more heartrending, superlative most heartrending)
- That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
- That elicits deep sympathy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
that causes great grief
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that elicits deep sympathy
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