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heartrending
Synonyms and Antonyms of heartrending
- couldn't bear to see the heartrending photos of victims of the famine
depressing, dismal, drear, dreary, heartbreaking, melancholy, mournful, pathetic, sad, saddening, sorry, tearful, teary
- a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
- heartrending memories of all the terrible crimes heʼd committed and was sorry for now
deplorable, distressful, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, lamentable, regrettable, tragic (also tragical), unfortunate, unlucky, woeful
affecting, doleful, moving, piteous, poignant, ruthful, touching
awful, dire, dreadful, fearful, severe, terrible
alarming, disturbing, perturbing, traumatic, unsettling
crushing, excruciating, harrowing, horrible, horrifying, intolerable, overwhelming, shocking, sickening, unbearable
- the heartrending sight of a starving child holding out his hands for food
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