heart-breaking
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈhɑrtˌbreɪkɪŋ/
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desgarrador
- It's complex, emotional, and heart-breaking—both in its beauty and sadness.
- get your heart-breaking story
- just had her heart-breaking loss
Examples
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The last crush in the years before I met my husband was a one-sided, heart-breaking experience.
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I found this both heart-breaking and a moving testament to the human spirit.
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Men will want to take advantage of your sweet nature, and you will have your heart broken many times.
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Yes, I had my heart broken by a man that I loved and supported for 16 years of marriage.
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Some of us have fallen in love, only to have our heart broken.
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People have their hearts broken, sure, but they also have somebody to help them back up.
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Seeing the empty playground after the children moved away was truly heart-breaking for the community.
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The heart-breaking story of the abandoned puppy left everyone in tears.
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Her heart-breaking decision to leave her hometown filled her with regret and sorrow.
Synonyms
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3.7
Causing someone to feel very sad and upset
36
4.6
Causing strong worry and emotional pain
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7.4
That makes you feel very sad and upset
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7.5
Causing very strong emotional or physical pain
3
5.5
Making people feel very worried and disappointed
2
7.8
Causes people to feel very sad
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heart-breaking joins heart ('feelings') and breaking ('to break into pieces'), creating a picture of your feelings being broken. So heart-breaking means something that 'breaks' your feelings and makes you very sad.