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HEARTBREAKING Synonyms

There are 26 synonyms of the word heartbreaking. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word heartbreaking. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for HEARTBREAKING

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grievous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• causing or marked by grief or anguish

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• shockingly brutal or cruel

agonizing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• extremely painful

crushing
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

adjective satellite

• physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

depressing
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

distressing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• bad; unfortunate

doleful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• filled with or evoking sadness

excruciating
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• extremely painful

harrowing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• extremely painful

miserable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very unhappy; full of misery

• deserving or inciting pity

• of the most contemptible kind

• of very poor quality or condition

• characterized by physical misery

• contemptibly small in amount

mournful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• expressing sorrow

• filled with or evoking sadness

overwhelming
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

painful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing physical or psychological pain

adjective satellite

• causing misery or pain or distress

• exceptionally bad or displeasing

• causing physical discomfort

piteous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deserving or inciting pity

pitiful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inspiring mixed contempt and pity

• bad; unfortunate

• deserving or inciting pity

plaintive
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• expressing sorrow

sorrowful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

sorrowing
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• sorrowful through loss or deprivation

tearful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• filled with or marked by tears

adjective satellite

• showing sorrow

tragic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy

adjective satellite

• very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

Alternatives for GRIEVOUS

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