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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. causing or marked by grief or anguish;
- Example: "a grievous loss"
- Example: "a grievous cry"
- Example: "her sigh was heartbreaking"
- Example: "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
[syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Heartbreaking \Heart"break`ing\, a. Causing overpowering sorrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

heartbreaking adj 1: 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, heartbreaking, heartrending]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartbreaking": afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire, distressing, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, racking, regrettable, rending, tormenting, torturous, unfortunate