Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.
Usage example: heartrending memories of all the terrible crimes he'd committed and was sorry for now
Horrifying and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Horrifying" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Horrifying
Horrifying adjective - Causing fear.
Heartrending and horrifying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Horrifying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and heartrending
- disturbing and horrifying
- intolerable and heartrending
- intolerable and horrifying
- painful and heartrending
- painful and horrifying
- unbearable and heartrending
- unbearable and horrifying
- vile and heartrending
- vile and horrifying
- grievous and heartrending
- grievous and horrifying
- wretched and heartrending
- wretched and horrifying
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Horrifying and Heartrending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/horrifying
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