Definition & Meaning of "heartrending"in English

heartrending

causing intense sorrow or distress, often deeply affecting one's emotions

cheerless

dark

depressing

dismal

gloomy

Grammatical Information

Composition

Compound

qualitative

Superlative

most heartrending

Comparative

more heartrending

gradable

domain

emotion, experience, narrative

Examples

The heartrending scenes of devastation after the natural disaster brought tears to the eyes of onlookers.

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