heart-wrenching
adjective
(alsoheartwrenching)uk/ˈhɑːtˌrentʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈhɑːrtˌrentʃ.ɪŋ/causinggreatsadnessorsympathy:
令人心痛的These are heart-wrenchingdecisions.这些都是令人心痛的决定。
Having tospendso muchtimeaway fromhomeis heart-wrenching.不得不离家这么久，真是让人心疼。
- There are so manypeoplewho havecolleaguesworkingthere andfeeltheirpain. It's just heart-wrenching for everyone.
- Thedocumentarysharesthefinalheart-wrenchinglettersfromsoldierswhodiedwhileservingfarfromhome.
- In the book's heart-wrenchingclimax, T. J.learnsthat to be a man, he has toforgive.
- Theboardoftenhearsheart-wrenchingappealsfromdyingpatientsortheirfamilies.
- One of the most heartwrenchingpartsof hisjobisreadingrequestsforinformationaboutdeadlovedones,especiallyfromchildrenwho neverknewtheirfathers.
- It's heartwrenching when ayoungpersondies.
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
- affecting
- agonizingly
- arrogance
- baleful
- be cold comfortidiom
- distressing
- distressingly
- dolorous
- ego trip
- egoism
- impiously
- impiousness
- lacerating
- loftiness
- narcissism
- teary
- touching
- touchingly
- tragically
- traumatic
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