heartbreaking
That causes great grief, anguish or distressThat causes great grief, anguish or distress.
» Tom's letter was heartbreaking.
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Examples
16 sentencesTom's letter was heartbreaking.
The refugees' stories are heartbreaking.
deDie Geschichten der Flüchtlinge sind herzzerreißend. — Jens_Odo
It was heartbreaking.
ruЭто было душераздирающе. — marafon
deEs war herzzerreißend. — Esperantostern
Meaning
1 sensesThat causes great grief, anguish or distress.
Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching
herzzerreißend
душераздира́ющийdušerazdirájuščij
розпа́чливийrozpáčlyvyj, нестя́мнийnestjámnyj
causing or marked by grief or anguish
Origin
From heart + breaking.From heart + breaking.
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Forms
more heartbreaking, most heartbreaking| Comparative | more heartbreaking Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most heartbreaking Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- causing or marked by grief or anguish:grievousheartrending
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.