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heartrending

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of heartrending

1 causing unhappiness

  • couldn't bear to see the heartrending photos of victims of the famine
Synonyms of heartrending

depressing, dismal, drear, dreary, heartbreaking, melancholy, mournful, pathetic, sad, saddening, sorry, tearful, teary
Words Related to heartrending

deplorable, distressful, grievous, lamentable, unfortunate, woeful

discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing

affecting, moving, poignant, touching

discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting
Near Antonyms of heartrending

heartening, heartwarming, inspiring, stimulating, stirring, uplifting

agreeable, delightful, enjoyable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome

exhilarating, thrilling
Antonyms of heartrending

cheering, cheery, glad, happy

2 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

  • a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
Synonyms of heartrending

afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous
Words Related to heartrending

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing
Near Antonyms of heartrending

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable
Antonyms of heartrending

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

3 of a kind to cause great distress

  • heartrending memories of all the terrible crimes heʼd committed and was sorry for now
Synonyms of heartrending

deplorable, distressful, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, lamentable, regrettable, tragic (also tragical), unfortunate, unlucky, woeful
Words Related to heartrending

troublesome, vexatious

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

miserable, pitiful, sad, wretched

calamitous, disastrous

painful, raging, sharp
Near Antonyms of heartrending

gratifying, pleasing, rewarding, satisfying

comforting, encouraging, heartening

cheering, heartwarming, inspiring

fortunate, happy, lucky

4 deserving of one's pity

  • the heartrending sight of a starving child holding out his hands for food
Synonyms of heartrending

heartbreaking, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rueful, sorry, wretched
Words Related to heartrending

deplorable, lamentable, regrettable

emotional, impressive, inspiring

affecting, moving, poignant, stirring, touching

awful, horrible, terrible

distressing, disturbing, upsetting

grievous, mournful, sad, sorrowful, woeful
Near Antonyms of heartrending

unimpressive, uninspiring

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