wrenching
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈrɛnʧɪŋ/
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desgarrador
- It's hard to think about that now without feeling a wrenching sense of loss.
- a wrenching story
- wrenching change
- the most wrenching
And every episode is just gorgeous and touching and heart wrenching and uplifting.
- And every episode is just gorgeous and touching and heart wrenching and uplifting.
- I saw some of that then where it's gut wrenching to kick doors in.
- I'm saying that right, Which is absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching.
- And I think almost every entrepreneur I've met has had not just one, but like multiple soul wrenching failures.
- And that person was Elizabeth Frazier, and she told a story that day that was so vulnerable, so authentic, so heart wrenching that I really couldn't move.
- People laughed, it was heart wrenching, it was emotional, it was humorous, it was insightful, it was raw.
- I mean, that had to be fucking gut wrenching to.
Examples
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And I wish I could somehow express how what is happening to you... ...is the most wrenching experience of my life.
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Suddenly he stops in the center of the demolished set and lets out a long, wrenching scream.
Fiction book (1995) -
So it's no surprise that deciding whether or not to leave the place they call home is a wrenching decision.
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People wrote lengthy, detailed and often heart wrenching tales.
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All that has followed is a hard, grueling, wrenching daily fact of life for him.
Academic text (1995) -
Deep in his voice, she heard the echo of an old, wrenching sorrow.
Fiction book (1990) -
Can any funeral rites ever quiet the wrenching sadness of those left living?
Fiction book (1996) -
But the most wrenching story had been about an employee who was brutally beaten after work one night.
Fiction book (1999) -
And that led to one of the most gut wrenching and difficult conversations I've ever been a part of.
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Deciding to end a long-term friendship can be a wrenching experience that leaves you feeling heartbroken.
Synonyms
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1.0
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
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3.7
Causing someone to feel very sad and upset
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7.9
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
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3.5
To make someone feel very sad and often cry
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8.4
Causing very strong pain to the body or mind
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7.4
That makes you feel very sad and upset
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5.9
Causing very strong physical or emotional pain
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7.8
Causes people to feel very sad
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
Causing long-lasting physical or emotional harm
Antonyms
Compounds
How Distressing
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5.1
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6.3
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- Specialized
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4.6
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wrenching comes from the verb wrench, which means 'to twist' or 'to pull' sharply, like when you use a tool called a wrench. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine your feelings being 'twisted' or pulled out of you, which is why wrenching describes great emotional or physical pain.