It was a heartbreaking story.
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Heartbreaking
Synonyms for "heartbreaking" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (15)
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2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θυμαλγής adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сърцераздирателен adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
French
2 entries- déchirant adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
- navrant adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
German
1 entries- herzzerreißend adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Irish
1 entries- coscrach adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഹൃദയഭേദകമായ adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Māori
1 entries- tarariki adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Polish
2 entries- rozdzierający serce adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
- łamiący serce adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Portuguese
1 entries- de partir o coração adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Russian
1 entries- душераздира́ющий adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- srceparajući adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
- srcerazdirući adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Slovak
1 entries- srdcervúci adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Spanish
3 entries- desgarrador adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
- desolador adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
- devastador adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нестя́мний adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
- розпа́чливий adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đau lòng adj (That causes great grief, anguish or distress)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It's heartbreaking.
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Dan revealed heartbreaking truths.
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The refugees' stories are heartbreaking.
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