What is the meaning of heartrending?

adjective

  • Causing or marked by grief or anguish.
    • usage: "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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