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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.
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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 << OPPOSITE happy
Translations
Spanish heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtbreɪkɪŋ] adj → desgarrador(a)
French heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtbreɪkɪŋ] adj → navrant(e) → déchirant(e)
German heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtbreɪkɪŋ] heart adj → herzzerreißend
Italian heartbreaking [ˈhɑːtbreɪkɪŋ] adj → 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.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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:
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
Then he began to laugh, and that laugh was the most heartbreaking thing in the world.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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