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Webster 1828 Edition

Heart-breaking

HE`ART-BREAKING

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Adj.

Breaking the heart; overpowering with grief or sorrow.

HE`ART-BREAKING

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Noun.

Overpowering grief; deep affliction.

Definition 2024

heart-breaking

heart-breaking

See also: heartbreaking

English

Adjective

heart-breaking ‎(comparative more heart-breaking, superlative most heart-breaking)

(idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief.

Derived terms

Related terms

break someone's heart

Translations

that causes extreme sorrow or grief

Finnish: sydäntäsärkevä
French: déchirant (fr)
Greek: σπαραξικάρδιος (el) ‎(sparaxikárdios)
Irish: croíbhriste
Italian: straziante (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjerteskjærende
Russian: душераздира́ющий (ru) ‎(dušerazdirájuščij) (lit: soul-rending)
Spanish: desgarrador