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HEARTRENDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heartrending mean?
• HEARTRENDING (adjective)
The adjective HEARTRENDING has 1 sense:
1. causing or marked by grief or anguish
Familiarity information: HEARTRENDING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing or marked by grief or anguish
Synonyms:
grievous; heartbreaking; heartrending
Context example:
the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
Similar:
sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)
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