HEARTBREAKING

grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending

(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

heartbreaking (comparative more heartbreaking, superlative most heartbreaking)

That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

Noun

heartbreaking (plural heartbreakings)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Heart"break`ing, a.

Definition: Causing overpowering sorrow.

HEARTBREAK

Heart"break`, n.

Definition: Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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