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Definition of heart-rending adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heart-rending

adjective
 
/ˈhɑːt rendɪŋ/
 
/ˈhɑːrt rendɪŋ/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. causing very sad feelings synonym heartbreaking
    • a heart-rending story
    Topics Feelingsc2, Literature and writingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeart-rending is used with these nouns:
    • story
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