"gut-wrenching" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "gut",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gut + wrenching",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more gut-wrenching",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most gut-wrenching",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heart-rending"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nerve-racking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stomach-churning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stomach-turning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stomach-wrenching"
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      "glosses": [
        "sickening"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sicken",
          "sicken"
        ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "difficult to tolerate"
      ],
      "id": "en-gut-wrenching-en-adj-TqffMXKm",
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          "tolerate",
          "tolerate"
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  "word": "gut-wrenching"
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    "English compound terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gut-wrenchingly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gut",
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      },
      "expansion": "gut + wrenching",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gut + wrenching",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more gut-wrenching",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most gut-wrenching",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "heart-rending"
    },
    {
      "word": "nerve-racking"
    },
    {
      "word": "stomach-churning"
    },
    {
      "word": "stomach-turning"
    },
    {
      "word": "stomach-wrenching"
    }
  ],
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        "sickening"
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        ]
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    },
    {
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        "difficult to tolerate"
      ],
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        [
          "tolerate",
          "tolerate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gut-wrenching"
}