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: heartbreaking sense 1. heartrendingly. ˈhärt-ˌren-diŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. depressing. dismal. dreary. heartbreaking. melancholy. mournful. pathetic. saddening. sorry. tearful. teary. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of heartrending in a Sentence.
adjective. us / ˈhɑrtˌren·dɪŋ / Add to word list. making you feel great sympathy or sadness: The pictures of starving children on television were heartrending. (Definition of heartrending from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of heartrending.
You use heart-rending to describe something that causes you to feel great sadness and pity. ...heart-rending pictures of refugees. I heard the most heartrending screams and moans.
adjective. us / ˈhɑrtˌren·dɪŋ / Add to word list Add to word list. making you feel great sympathy or sadness: The pictures of starving children on television were heartrending. (Definition of heartrending from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of heartrending.
Heartrending definition: causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.. See examples of HEARTRENDING used in a sentence.
The heart is the organ associated with emotions, and to rend something is to tear it, so heartrending things tear up your heart: not literally, but because they make you sad. The death of a friend or loved one is heartrending.
Definition of heart-rending adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
