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[syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heartbreaking \Heart"break`ing\, a.
Causing overpowering sorrow.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heartbreaking
adj 1: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss";
"a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn:
grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartbreaking":
afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire,
distressing, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartrending,
heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, racking, regrettable,
rending, tormenting, torturous, unfortunate