heartbreaking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

heartbreaking
    adj 1: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss";
           "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
           heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn:
           {grievous}, {heartbreaking}, {heartrending}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heartbreaking \Heart"break`ing\, a.
   Causing overpowering sorrow.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "heartbreaking":
      afflictive, agonizing, calamitous, consuming, desolating, dire,
      distressing, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, heartrending,
      heartsickening, heartwounding, lamentable, racking, regrettable,
      rending, tormenting, torturous, unfortunate

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