Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Heartbroken and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Heartbroken
Heartbroken adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Heartrending and heartbroken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Heartbroken".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and heartrending
- melancholy and heartbroken
- dismal and heartrending
- dismal and heartbroken
- woeful and heartrending
- woeful and heartbroken
- sad and heartrending
- sad and heartbroken
- unhappy and heartrending
- unhappy and heartbroken
- miserable and heartrending
- miserable and heartbroken
- wretched and heartrending
- wretched and heartbroken
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Heartbroken and Heartrending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/heartbroken
Heartrending & Heartbroken. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/heartbroken>.
Heartbroken or Heartrending. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/heartbroken.
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