What is another word for heartrending?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɑːtɹɛndɪŋ], [ hˈɑːtɹɛndɪŋ], [ h_ˈɑː_t_ɹ_ɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]
Related words: a heartrending story, a heart-rending story, a heart-rending tale, a heart-rending film, a heart-rending fiction, a heart-rending novel, a heart-rending documentary
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Similar words for heartrending:
- arousing deep sympathy (adjective)
- deplorable (adjective)
- moving (adjective)
- moving, rousing (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pathetic (adjective)
- piteous (adjective)
- pitiful (adjective)
- plaintive (adjective)
- poignant (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- sorrowful (adjective)
- stirring (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Heartrending:
adj.
• arousing deep sympathy (adjective) • deplorable (adjective) • moving (adjective) • moving, rousing (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)- sorrowful,
- out and out,
- griefstricken,
- profound,
- deplorable,
- anguished,
- Commiserable,
- grousing,
- Dolent,
- woeful,
- poignant,
- plaintive,
- pathetic,
- sick at heart,
- in sorrow,
- full of sorrow,
- deeply felt,
- singing the blues,
- piteous,
- in pain,
- moving,
- pitiful,
- beefing,
- in mourning.
- more supplicating,
- most imploring,
- most entreating,
- more imploring,
- most beseeching,
- more entreating,
- most supplicating,
- more beseeching.
- more saddening,
- most saddening,
- grief stricken,
- most grousing,
- out sorts,
- wailing,
- more grousing,
- most wailing,
- more wailing,
- more beefing,
- most beefing,
- more bellyaching,
- most bellyaching.
- up setting,
- in-tensest,
- most agitating,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- more agitating,
- up-setting,
- in tenser,
- in tense.
- pro-found,
- farreaching,
- pro founder,
- ex tensive,
- far reaching,
- pro found,
- pro-founder,
- deepseated,
- deep seated.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- gloomy,
- emotional,
- calamitous,
- harsh,
- ruthful,
- heavy,
- monstrous,
- lamentable,
- heart-rending,
- catastrophic,
- poor,
- serious,
- affecting,
- mournful,
- grave,
- dangerous,
- dismal,
- austere,
- tormenting,
- severe,
- torturous,
- Desolating,
- agonising,
- rending,
- pitiable,
- life-threatening,
- regrettable,
- upsetting,
- depressing,
- cheerless,
- deep,
- emotive,
- atrocious,
- cruel,
- disastrous,
- galling,
- painful,
- heinous,
- weighty,
- teary,
- heartsickening,
- afflictive,
- consuming,
- racking,
- unfortunate,
- dire,
- sorry,
- unlucky,
- flagitious,
- rigorous.
How to use "Heartrending" in context?
love story
The love story of Romeo and Juliet is often seen as heart-warming. The story is about two young people who are in love with each other but are forbidden to marry by their families. Romeo is the son of a wealthy family and Juliet is the son of a poor family. Their families are enemies so they can't marry in the normal way.
They decide to run away and get married in secret. When they are found out, their families fight each other to the death. Romeo and Juliet die in each other's arms after watching their families kill each other.
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