Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
Intolerable and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intolerable" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Intolerable
Intolerable adjective - More than can be put up with.
Heartrending and intolerable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Intolerable".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- painful and heartrending
- painful and intolerable
- agonizing and heartrending
- agonizing and intolerable
- unbearable and heartrending
- unbearable and intolerable
- hard and heartrending
- hard and intolerable
- severe and heartrending
- severe and intolerable
- extreme and heartrending
- extreme and intolerable
- intense and heartrending
- intense and intolerable
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