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heart-rending

heart-rend
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahrt rend]
    • /hɑrt rɛnd/
    • /hɑːt rend/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrt rend]
    • /hɑrt rɛnd/

Definitions of heart-rending word

  • adjective heart-rending causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress. 1
  • adjective heart-rending You use heart-rending to describe something that causes you to feel great sadness and pity. 0
  • adjective heart-rending causing great mental pain and sorrow 0
  • adjective heart-rending causing much grief or mental anguish 0
  • adjective heart-rending Having a strong effect upon the emotions, inclining one to sadness or pity; heart-breaking. 0
See all 5 definitions of heart-rending

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Origin of heart-rending

First appearance:

before 1680
One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1680-90; heart + rending

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Heart-rending

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Heart-rending

heart-rending popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for heart-rending

adj heart-rending

  • afflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
  • calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
  • deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
  • dire — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
  • distressing — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
All 132 Synonyms of heart-rending

Antonyms for heart-rending

adj heart-rending

  • cheery — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheery, you mean that they are cheerful and happy.
  • happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
  • hopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
  • pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • wonderful — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
All 46 Antonyms of heart-rending

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