heartwrenching
adjEtymology From heart + wrenching.
1
Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- Near-synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending
- The interview with Sarah Mohess was both heartwrenching and inspiring.2007 September 23, “In a Tough City, Almost an Adult; An Active Approach to Psychic Change (4 Letters)”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- heartwrenchingly