Heart-rending Synonyms

härtrendiŋ
Affecting
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. moving
  2. piteous
  3. grievous
  4. mournful

Words Related to Heart-rending

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pitiful
  2. sad
  3. heart-wrench
  4. heartbreaking
  5. heart-breaking
  6. poignant
  7. heartwarming
  8. heart-warming
  9. gut-wrenching
  10. heartrending

Heart-rending Sentence Examples

  • It was a heart-rending thought.

  • It was heart-rending to see her that way.

  • Anyone who went to sea in merchant ships between 1939 and 1945 will find this volume at once exhilarating and yet heart-rending.

  • Other heart-rending events have involved children's long hair being caught in pool water pump inlets, which have also led to drowning.

  • I was constantly told amazing - and often heart-rending - personal stories about the tsunami.

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