heart-rending

adjective
🔊/ˈhɑːt rendɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhɑːrt rendɪŋ/
[usually before noun]
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  1. causing very sad feelings 令人悲痛的synonym heartbreaking
    • a heart-rending story令人心痛的故事
    Topics Feelingsc2, Literature and writingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeart-rending is used with these nouns:
    • story
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