Heart rending

heart·rend·ing

[hahrt-ren-ding]
adjective
causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.

Origin:
1680–90; heart + rending

heart·rend·ing·ly, adverb

gut-wrenching, heartrending.
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heartrending

adjective
causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: grievous
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