When his wife died he was full of heartrending grief.
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Heartrending
Synonyms for "heartrending" (38 found)
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2 entriesaffective adjectiveemotional descriptor
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3 entriesheartbreaking scenepoignant momentsad scene
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5 entriesheartrending accountheartrending momentheartrending sceneheartrending storyheartrending testimony
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2 entriesmore heartrendingmost heartrending
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1 entriesSample sentences
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[T]he old man, who appeared to be an ardent fisherman, told me of the large trout he caught in the neighbourhood thirty years ago, when he came here from Gudbrandsdale, and made the most heartrending complaints of the decrease of fish and increase of saw-dust, just as Sir Humphry Davy makes in his Salmonia.
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It wavered an instant—then there was a heartrending crash—and the canary-coloured cart, their pride and their joy, lay on its side in the ditch, an irredeemable wreck.
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I am suddenly assaulted by the most heartrending puppy-dog eyes I've ever seen as Emi pouts.
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