Heartbreaking

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

That causes great grief, anguish or distress..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching

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, [...].

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.

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• more heartbreaking
• most heartbreaking
• heart-breaking
• heartbreakings

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