heartrending

See also: heart-rending

English

Alternative forms

• heart-rending

Etymology

heart +‎ rending

Adjective

heartrending (comparative more heartrending, superlative most heartrending)

1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
2. That elicits deep sympathy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

that causes great grief

• German: herzzerreißend (de)
• Irish: coscrach
• Maori: tarariki
• Norwegian:

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• Russian: душераздира́ющий (ru) (dušerazdirájuščij), го́рестный (ru) (górestnyj)
• Spanish: desgarrador
• Swedish: hjärtslitande (sv), hjärtskärande (sv)

that elicits deep sympathy

• German: herzzerreißend (de)
• Norwegian:

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• Russian: душераздира́ющий (ru) (dušerazdirájuščij)
• Swedish: hjärtslitande (sv), hjärtskärande (sv)

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