"heartrending" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more heartrending [comparative], most heartrending [superlative]
Etymology: heart + rending Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heart|rending}} heart + rending Head templates: {{en-adj}} heartrending (comparative more heartrending, superlative most heartrending)
  1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. Synonyms: heart-breaking Translations (that causes great grief): herzzerreißend (German), coscrach (Irish), 痛ましい (itamashii) (Japanese), tarariki (Maori), hjerteskjærende (Norwegian Bokmål), душераздира́ющий (dušerazdirájuščij) (Russian), го́рестный (górestnyj) (Russian), desgarrador (Spanish), devastador (Spanish), desolador (Spanish), hjärtslitande (Swedish), hjärtskärande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-heartrending-en-adj-eov2KDIP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'that causes great grief': 94 6
  2. That elicits deep sympathy. Translations (that elicits deep sympathy): herzzerreißend (German), hjerteskjærende (Norwegian Bokmål), душераздира́ющий (dušerazdirájuščij) (Russian), hjärtslitande (Swedish), hjärtskärande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-heartrending-en-adj-KGGZyo37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'that elicits deep sympathy': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heart-rending

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