Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
Intense and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intense" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Intense
Intense adjective - Extreme in degree, power, or effect.
Heartrending and intense are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Intense".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- emotional and heartrending
- emotional and intense
- keen and heartrending
- keen and intense
- deep and heartrending
- deep and intense
- painful and heartrending
- painful and intense
- agonizing and heartrending
- agonizing and intense
- heavy and heartrending
- heavy and intense
- profound and heartrending
- profound and intense
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Intense and Heartrending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/intense
Heartrending & Intense. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/intense>.
Intense or Heartrending. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/intense.
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