heartbreaking
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heartbreaking
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From heart + breaking.
adjective more heartbreaking · most heartbreaking · heart-breaking
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That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching
Similar: heartrending, heartwrenching
noun heartbreakings · heart-breaking
- The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress. One could argue that Eliot's "great heartbreakings" were the overt physical signs of the inner psychological transformations achieved through brainwashing, cultural attack, and epidemic mortality.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: heartrending, grievous, sorrowful, touching, harrowing, upsetting, disrupting, shattering, heart-breaking, heart-rending, heartwrenching, heart-wrenching, tormentuous, excruciating, anguished, agonizing
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adj That causes great grief, anguish or distress
| Español | desgarrador, desolador, devastador |
|---|---|
| Português | de partir o coração |
| Français | déchirant, navrant |
| Deutsch | herzzerreißend |
| Русский | душераздира́ющий dušerazdirájuščij |
| Tiếng Việt | đau lòng |
Talk about this word "heartbreaking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heartbreaking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. heartbreaking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heartbreaking "heartbreaking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heartbreaking.Cite this
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title = {heartbreaking},
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