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heartrending

heart·ren·ding

uncommon

adjective

1.

causing or marked by grief or anguish

  • “a grievous loss”
  • “a grievous cry”
  • “her sigh was heartbreaking”
  • “the heartrending words of Rabin”
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Origin

From heart + rending.

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