Heartbreaking definition

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Causing overwhelming grief or distress.
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Producing a strong emotional reaction.

Heartbreaking loveliness.

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That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
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The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
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Noun

Singular:
heartbreaking
Plural:
heartbreakings

Origin of heartbreaking

Heartbreaking Sentence Examples

  • Tears formed in her eyes at the heartbreaking sound of his pain.

  • They don't do this on purpose, it's just that having to face an unflattering reality about a love partner is simply too heartbreaking for them.

  • Plucky minnows Wrexham, who knock out Premiership West Ham United with a heartbreaking goal in the final minute...?

  • Interestingly, the two children were named after the two main characters, Heathcliff and Catherine in the heartbreaking Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights.Ledger's parents divorced when he was 11.

  • Cheating relationships can be heartbreaking and difficult to understand.

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