heartbreaking
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adjective \-ˌbrā-kiŋ\Definition of HEARTBREAKING
1
a : causing intense sorrow or distress b : extremely trying or difficult
2
: producing an intense emotional reaction or response <heartbreaking beauty>
— heart·break·ing·ly \-kiŋ-lē\ adverb
See Examples of HEARTBREAKING
- She wrote a heartbreaking story about the death of her grandfather.
- It was heartbreaking to know that there was nothing I could do.
- The team suffered another heartbreaking defeat.
First Known Use of HEARTBREAKING
1586
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Rhymes with HEARTBREAKING
backbreaking, bookmaking, breathtaking, caretaking, dressmaking, earthshaking, filmmaking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, housebreaking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leave-taking, lovemaking, mapmaking, matchmaking, mythmaking, noisemaking, pacemaking, painstaking, pathbreaking, peacemaking, phrasemaking, printmaking, snowmaking, stocktaking, strikebreaking, toolmaking, watchmaking, world-shaking
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