Heartbreaking

Quick meaning: Heartbreaking is an adjective meaning That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

Meaning

That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

More Meanings

1. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching

But even with these caveats, it remains a stunning and heartbreaking piece of cinema that strikes a particular chord with LGBTQ+ viewers.

One could argue that Eliot's "great heartbreakings" were the overt physical signs of the inner psychological transformations achieved through brainwashing, cultural attack, and epidemic mortality.

Things went well with the clearing on Friday, but by Saturday, February 3, a 70 m.p.h. blizzard set in, and against such heartbreaking conditions, although an effort was made with the plough to keep open the sections cleared on the previous day, ground was gradually lost, [...].

Word Forms

• heart-breaking
• heartbreakings

Synonyms for heartbreaking

Depending on context, synonyms include heartrending, heartwrenching, grievous, sorrowful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heartrending, grievous, sorrowful, touching, harrowing, upsetting.

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