"heart-breaking" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-heart-breaking.ogg [Australia] Forms: more heart-breaking [comparative], most heart-breaking [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} heart-breaking (comparative more heart-breaking, superlative most heart-breaking)
  1. (idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: heart-breakingly, heart-breakingness Related terms: break someone's heart Translations (that causes extreme sorrow or grief): sydäntäsärkevä (Finnish), déchirant (French), σπαραξικάρδιος (sparaxikárdios) (Greek), croíbhriste (Irish), straziante (Italian), hanga aroha (Maori), hjerteskjærende (Norwegian Bokmål), душераздира́ющий (dušerazdirájuščij) (Russian), desgarrador (Spanish), devastador (Spanish), desolador (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heart-breaking-en-adj-rXbIvUpL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
      "word": "sydäntäsärkevä"
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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
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      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
      "word": "desgarrador"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
      "word": "devastador"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that causes extreme sorrow or grief",
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