heart-breaking

A form of heartbreaking — That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

Meanings

adjectiveheart-breaking (comparative more heart-breaking, superlative most heart-breaking)

comparative more heart-breaking · superlative most heart-breaking

  1. alternativeAlternative form of heartbreaking

Translations

Finnish sydäntäsärkevä
  • sydäntäsärkeväthat causes extreme sorrow or grief
French déchirant
  • déchirantthat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Greek σπαραξικάρδιος
  • σπαραξικάρδιος (sparaxikárdios)that causes extreme sorrow or grief
Irish croíbhriste
  • croíbhristethat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Italian straziante
  • straziantethat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Māori hanga aroha
  • hanga arohathat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Norwegian Bokmål hjerteskjærende
  • hjerteskjærendethat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Polish rozdzierający serce, łamiący serce
  • rozdzierający sercethat causes extreme sorrow or grief
  • łamiący sercethat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Russian душераздира́ющий
  • душераздира́ющий (dušerazdirájuščij)that causes extreme sorrow or grief
Spanish desgarrador, devastador
  • desgarradorthat causes extreme sorrow or grief
  • devastadorthat causes extreme sorrow or grief
  • desoladorthat causes extreme sorrow or grief
Cite this entry
APA

heart-breaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-breaking

MLA

“heart-breaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-breaking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart-breaking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-breaking.

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