heartbreaking
causing intense anguish or sorrow.
Origin of heartbreaking
1Other words from heartbreaking
- heart·break·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby heartbreaking
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How to use heartbreaking in a sentence
Kaufman is so tightly associated with a kind of brain-twisting, darkly comical metaphysical and existential style that it’s possible to talk about movies being “Kaufman-esque,” meaning they’re weird, a bit confusing, and usually pretty heartbreaking.
It felt to Frailey like a heartbreaking and incomplete way to end a years-long relationship.
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead. | Abby Ohlheiser | August 26, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewShe said she found claims about the show’s environment to be “heartbreaking,” the trade publication said, citing unidentified sources.
3 ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ producers exit in the midst of workplace complaints | radmarya | August 18, 2020 | FortuneIt’s a heartbreaking conceit, but it’s hard to plan for a future that doesn’t feel guaranteed.
Marjon Carlos Partners With GANNI For Copenhagen Fashion Week | Nandi Howard | August 10, 2020 | Essence.comPersonally, it is very frustrating and heartbreaking to hear their stories.
The Coronavirus Is Serious, and So Is the Threat to Small Businesses | Chris Cate | July 15, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
I mean, come on, this is the stuff of heartbreaking and hysterically funny reading, the two main ingredients for any great memoir.
The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And Charm | Legs McNeil | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer bouts with cancer—all three of them—were inspiring, heartbreaking, and, most of all, real.
MTV’s Diem Brown Dies: When Reality TV Starts Getting Real | Kevin Fallon | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe heartbreaking death of MTV reality TV personality Diem Brown proves the emotional necessity and value of the reality TV genre.
MTV’s Diem Brown Dies: When Reality TV Starts Getting Real | Kevin Fallon | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Kaci Hickox treated patients in Sierra Leone, she faced the heartbreaking task of caring for children who died in front of her.
They are as emotionally-wrought and heartbreaking as Davis describes.
Since January I have had two severe illnesses, my boy, and some heartbreaking anxiety over Fanny; and am only now convalescing.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonIt is heartbreaking to see them die here like dogs, with no one to say Godspeed.
A Confederate Girl's Diary | Sarah Margan DawsonHe was interrupted by a cry, a single shrill, heartbreaking cry; and Philip fell senseless to the ground.
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonIt was a long, discouraging, heartbreaking struggle by which he gained his first vantage-ground.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneIt is heartbreaking to see the thousands and thousands of bright-eyed boys and girls growing up amid such hopeless surroundings.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence Poe
British Dictionary definitions for heartbreaking
/ (ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ) /
extremely sad, disappointing, or pitiful
Derived forms of heartbreaking
- heartbreakingly, adverb
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