Afflicting
Afflicting adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Heart-breaking and afflicting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heart-breaking" instead an adjective "Afflicting".
Heart-breaking
Afflicting and heart-breaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflicting" instead an adjective phrase "Heart-breaking".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and afflicting
- pitiful and heart-breaking
- disturbing and afflicting
- disturbing and heart-breaking
- painful and afflicting
- painful and heart-breaking
- agonizing and afflicting
- agonizing and heart-breaking
- grievous and afflicting
- grievous and heart-breaking
- sad and afflicting
- sad and heart-breaking
- distressing and afflicting
- distressing and heart-breaking
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Heart-breaking and Afflicting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/afflicting/heart-breaking
Afflicting & Heart-breaking. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/afflicting/heart-breaking>.
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