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heartrendingly
adverb
uk /ˈhɑːtˌren.dɪŋ.li/ us /ˈhɑːrtˌren.dɪŋ.li/
in a way that causes great sympathy or sadness:
The poem that she recited was a heartrendingly beautiful tribute to her late mother.
In a heart-rendingly poignant scene, the pro basketball player returns home to visit his dying high-school coach.
Related word
heartrending
She writes heart-rendingly about the pain of giving up her baby for adoption.
His story is heartrendingly familiar to anyone who has had to manage the difficulties of caring for an aging parent.
The book heartrendingly captures the loneliness of being stationed at sea away from one's loved ones.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sympathy & compassion
aw
bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
better luck next timeidiom
bleeding heart
cheese
heart-wrenching
heart-wrenchingly
heartrending
pitifully
pitifulness
pity
pityingly
poor
relate
sensitivity
sympathetic
sympathize
sympathy
your heart achesidiom
your heart goes out to someoneidiom
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