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• heart´-rend´ing|ly — heart rend|ing «HAHRT REHN dihng», adjective. causing mental anguish; very distressing: »To lose one s parents in an airplane crash is a heart rending experience. –heart´ rend´ing|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• heart-rend|ing — «HAHRT REHN dihng», adjective. causing mental anguish; very distressing: »To lose one s parents in an airplane crash is a heart rending experience. –heart´ rend´ing|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• heart-rending — [härt′ren΄diŋ] adj. causing much grief or mental anguish heart rendingly adv. * * * heart rend·ing or heart·rend·ing (härtʹrĕn dĭng) adj. Causing anguish or deep distress; arousing deep sympathy. * * * …   Universalium

• rend — heart·rend·ing·ly; he·rend; rend; rend·ible; …   English syllables

• heart — cow·heart·ed; dis·heart·en·ment; down·heart·ed·ness; great·heart·ed·ly; great·heart·ed·ness; heart; heart·ed; heart·ed·ness; heart·en; heart·ful; heart·i·ly; heart·i·ness; heart·less; heart·rend·ing·ly; heart·some; kind·heart·ed·ness;… …   English syllables

• rend — [[t]rɛnd[/t]] v. rent, rend•ing 1) to separate into parts with force or violence; tear apart 2) to tear (one s garments or hair) in grief or rage 3) to disturb (the air) sharply with noise 4) to distress (the heart) with painful feelings 5) to… …   From formal English to slang

• heartrendingly — heart·rend·ing·ly …   English syllables

• heartrending — heart•rend•ing [[t]ˈhɑrtˌrɛn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress • Etymology: 1680–90 heart′rend ing•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

• heartrending — heart|rend|ing [ˈha:tˌrendıŋ US ˈha:rt ] adj making you feel great pity = ↑heartbreaking ▪ heartrending stories of children being taken from their parents …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Heartrending — Heart rend ing ( r[e^]nd [i^]ng), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English