'Heartrending' definitions:
Definition of 'heartrending'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending]
Definition of 'Heartrending'
From: GCIDE
- Heartrending \Heart"rend`ing\ (-r[e^]nd`[i^]ng), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heartrending'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affecting,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- calamitous,
- consuming,
- desolating,
- dire,
- distressing,
- doleful,
- excruciating,
- grievous,
- harrowing,
- heartbreaking,
- heartsickening,
- heartwounding,
- lamentable,
- moving,
- pathetic,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- racking,
- regrettable,
- rending,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- touching,
- unfortunate