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That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching
Antonyms: none provided
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
causing or marked by grief or anguish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grievous, heartrending
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
сърцераздирателен
(sǎrcerazdiratelen)
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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French:
déchirant
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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French:
navrant
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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German:
herzzerreißend
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Ancient Greek:
θυμαλγής
(thumalgḗs)
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Irish:
coscrach
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Malayalam:
ഹൃദയഭേദകമായ
(hr̥dayabhēdakamāya)
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Māori:
tarariki
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Polish:
rozdzierający serce
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Polish:
łamiący serce
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Portuguese:
de partir o coração
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Russian:
душераздира́ющий
(dušerazdirájuščij)
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Serbo-Croatian:
srceparajući
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Serbo-Croatian:
srcerazdirući
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Slovak:
srdcervúci
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Spanish:
desgarrador
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Spanish:
desolador
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Spanish:
devastador
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Ukrainian:
розпа́чливий
(rozpáčlyvyj)
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Ukrainian:
нестя́мний
(nestjámnyj)
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress
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Vietnamese:
đau lòng
— That causes great grief, anguish or distress