Heart-breaking

Synonyms for "heart-breaking" (1 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

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Translations

13 translations across 10 languages.

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Finnish

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  • sydäntäsärkevä adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

French

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  • déchirant adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Greek

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  • σπαραξικάρδιος adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Irish

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  • croíbhriste adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Italian

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  • straziante adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Māori

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  • hanga aroha adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • hjerteskjærende adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Polish

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  • rozdzierający serce adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)
  • łamiący serce adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Russian

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  • душераздира́ющий adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Spanish

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  • desgarrador adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)
  • desolador adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)
  • devastador adj (that causes extreme sorrow or grief)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Miscarriage is a heart-breaking experience.

Source: tatoeba (329477)

In the north of Italy, doctors say they are having to make heart-breaking life-death decisions about who to treat because of limited resources.

Source: tatoeba (8606144)

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