What is another word for heart-breaking?

Pronunciation: [hˈɑːtbɹˈe͡ɪkɪŋ] (IPA)

Heart-breaking is a term that is often used to describe a situation or event that is emotionally devastating. Synonyms for this term include heart-wrenching, gut-wrenching, soul-crushing, and devastating. Heart-wrenching is used to describe a situation that causes profound sadness or emotional pain. Gut-wrenching refers to an event that is so distressing, it feels like a physical blow to the stomach. Soul-crushing describes an experience that is so overwhelmingly negative, it can damage a person's spirit. Devastating is perhaps the most all-encompassing of these synonyms, conveying a sense of complete and utter destruction. Regardless of the synonym used, heart-breaking situations are ones that can have a profound impact on our emotional well-being.

What are the hypernyms for Heart-breaking?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Heart-breaking

  • The current publishing scene is extremely good for the big, popular books. They sell them brilliantly, market them and all that. It is not good for the little books. And really valuable books have been allowed to go out of print. In the old days, the publishers knew that these difficult books, the books that appeal only to a minority, were very productive in the long run. Because they're probably the books that will be read in the next generation. It's heart-breaking how often I have to say when I'm giving talks, "This book is out of print. This book is out of print." It's a roll call of dead books.
    Doris Lessing
  • You know that if you had been in charge of creation you would have found some medium less heart-breaking than Time to stage it in.
    Brian Aldiss

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