"heartwrenching" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more heartwrenching [comparative], most heartwrenching [superlative]
Etymology: heart + wrenching Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heart|wrenching}} heart + wrenching Head templates: {{en-adj}} heartwrenching (comparative more heartwrenching, superlative most heartwrenching)
  1. Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress. Derived forms: heartwrenchingly Translations (having a painful emotional impact): sydäntä riipaiseva (Finnish), sydäntä raastava (Finnish), herzzerreißend (German)

Alternative forms

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