Heartbreaking

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heartbreaking \Heart"break`ing\, a.
     Causing overpowering sorrow.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  heartbreaking
       adj : causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a
             grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
             heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: {grievous},
              {heartrending}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartbreaking":
     afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire,
     distressing, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartrending,
     heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, racking, regrettable,
     rending, tormenting, torturous, unfortunate