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heartwrenching en · ADJ

Etymology

From heart + wrenching.

Meanings

  1. Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
    • The interview with Sarah Mohess was both heartwrenching and inspiring. 2007 September 23, “In a Tough City, Almost an Adult; An Active Approach to Psychic Change (4 Letters)”, in New York Times:
    • Near-synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending

Forms

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most heartwrenching Degree=Sup lexicographic
more heartwrenching Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

heartwrenchingly

Synonyms

heartrending · heartbreaking

Translations (9)

de herzzerreißend (having a painful emotional impact) · es desgarrador (having a painful emotional impact) · fi sydäntä raastava (having a painful emotional impact) · es achará (having a painful emotional impact) · cmn 令人心碎的 (having a painful emotional impact) · pl bolesny (having a painful emotional impact) · cmn 令人悲傷的 /令人悲伤的 (having a painful emotional impact) · fi sydäntä riipaiseva (having a painful emotional impact) · cmn 令人痛心的 (having a painful emotional impact)