Adjective
heart-rending (comparative more heart-rending, superlative most heart-rending)
Alternative form of heartrending
I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain. Leo Tolstoy
“A heart-rending debut memoir from the outspoken feminist and essayist…. Source: Internet
Everything about him is sharply angular; in a hushed voice he whispers strange words of sadness; somehow he contrives to be caustic, heart-rending, gentle: all these things yet at the same time impudent." Source: Internet
It would not be difficult to fill page upon page of heart-rending confessions made by young girls, whose lives were blighted by this pernicious habit, always begun so innocently." Source: Internet
During the height of the wildfires in California’s Wine Country this month, a heart-rending story made the national news of a husband and wife, ages 100 and 98, who weren’t able to escape from their home when it caught fire. Source: Internet
But the Sunshine Coast judge believes the depraved ones are a small minority in our society - more often encountering heart-rending tales of woe. Source: Internet