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heartbreaking

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heart·break·ing  (härtbrkng)
adj.
1. Causing overwhelming grief or distress.
2. Producing a strong emotional reaction: heartbreaking loveliness.
heartbreaking·ly adv.
heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ]
adj
extremely sad, disappointing, or pitiful
heartbreakingly  adv
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Adj.1.heartbreaking - causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
heartrending, grievous
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
heartbreaking
adjective sad, distressing, tragic, bitter, poignant, harrowing, desolating, grievous, pitiful, agonizing, heart-rending, gut-wrenching one of the most heartbreaking letters I have ever received
happy, cheerful, jolly, cheery, joyous, joyful, light-hearted
Translations
heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ] ADJ → desgarrador, que parte el corazón
heartbreaking [ˈhɑːrtbreɪkɪŋ] adj [decision, news] → déchirant(e)
it was heartbreaking to watch ... → c'était à fendre le cœur de regarder ...
heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ] adj → penoso/a, straziante
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People said it was heartbreaking to hear her call her child, and raise her head and listen a whole minute at a time, then lay it wearily down again with a moan.
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Pinocchio, at that heartbreaking sight, threw himself at the feet of Fire Eater and, weeping bitterly, asked in a pitiful voice which could scarcely be heard:
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Then he began to laugh, and that laugh was the most heartbreaking thing in the world.
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