heartbreakingly
3
5.1
- adverb
- /ˌhɑrtˈbreɪkɪŋli/
:
desgarradoramente
- It's a heartbreakingly sad story about a young man whose life was completely destroyed by these instruments of fear.
- heartbreakingly beautiful
- heartbreakingly funny
- heartbreakingly honest
Court is literally, heartbreakingly for some, adjourned.
- Court is literally, heartbreakingly for some, adjourned.
- How you might bridge your own dreams and those of a family with its own heartbreakingly simple goal.
- And more often than not, we end up cooperating instead of competing because this stuff is so heartbreakingly hard at the early stage.
Examples
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There are over a thousand photos; to lose them will be heartbreakingly unfair!
Blog text (24) -
But for my money, it's one of the most heartbreakingly poignant and fearless works of art ever made.
Blog text (12) -
How you might bridge your own dreams and those of a family with its own heartbreakingly simple goal.
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And heartbreakingly to say goodbye to all but one.
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His face was suddenly heartbreakingly beautiful.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then, heartbreakingly, it is gone; the light goes out, the cloud descends.
Blog text (19) -
In the growing twilight, she gazed up at the bronze sculpture, noticing that the face and body were heartbreakingly beautiful.
Fiction book (2002) -
Below them, the wonders of Synnoria sprawled, pristine and heartbreakingly beautiful beneath the dome of blue.
Fiction book (1992) -
For the first few years, Bryan had looked longingly, wistfully, and heartbreakingly candidly at intact families they passed in the supermarket or at open school night.
Fiction book (1999) -
The ending of the film was heartbreakingly sad, leaving the audience in tears.
Synonyms
106
3.7
In a way that causes physical or emotional pain
84
4.1
In a way that causes great sadness or very bad results
6
7.2
In a way that causes great harm, pain, or sadness
5
4.1
In a way that makes you feel sad or hopeless
5
7.0
In a way that makes you feel moved or very sad
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
4
4.7
Makes people feel deep sadness or pity
4
5.1
In a way that makes people feel pity and want to help
3
6.5
In a way that makes people feel worried or unhappy
2
5.1
In a way that makes you feel sad or moved
1
7.9
In a way that makes people feel great shock or deep sadness
1
8.1
In a way that causes strong emotional pain
1
8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
1
5.1
In a way that makes someone feel sad or worried
1
7.5
In a way that makes people feel surprised and upset
1
4.1
In a way that makes someone feel sad or in pain
In a way that makes people feel very sad
In a way that makes people feel very sad and cry
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
heartbreakingly = heartbreaking (transparent) = heart + break + ing + ly
Adding '-ly' to the adjective 'heartbreaking' yields an adverb meaning 'in a heartbreaking manner'; the derivation is regular and predictable.
Etymology
Heartbreakingly is made of heart ('the center of feeling') and break ('to damage or split'), with -ing and -ly added to show how something happens. So, something done heartbreakingly feels as if your heart is broken, which is why it means it causes deep sadness or emotional pain.