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heart-rending

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heart-rend·ing or heart·rend·ing (härtrndng)
adj.
Causing anguish or deep distress; arousing deep sympathy.
heart-rending
Adjective
causing great sadness and pity: a heart-rending story
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heart-rending
adjective moving, sad, distressing, affecting, tragic, pathetic, poignant, harrowing, heartbreaking, pitiful, gut-wrenching, piteous
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I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
It was a heart-rending spectacle, but the audience, seeing that the play had stopped, became angry and began to yell:
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
But suddenly she heard the rustle of a skirt, and with it the sound of heart-rending, smothered sobbing, and felt arms about her neck.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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