Heartrending (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The refugees' heartrending stories of fleeing their war-torn homes brought tears to everyone's eyes.
- Her mother's death was a heartrending blow, and she struggled to cope with the loss.
- The photographs of the devastation were heartrending, showing families left with nothing but rubble and debris.
- The heartrending cries of the orphaned children still echo in my mind weeks after the disaster.
- The news of the young singer's untimely death was a heartrending shock to her fans around the world.