Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Provoking and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Provoking" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Provoking
Provoking adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.
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Synonyms for Provoking
Heartrending and provoking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Provoking".
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Related pairs
- moving and heartrending
- moving and provoking
- emotional and heartrending
- emotional and provoking
- disturbing and heartrending
- disturbing and provoking
- impressive and heartrending
- impressive and provoking
- bitter and heartrending
- bitter and provoking
- upsetting and heartrending
- upsetting and provoking
- poignant and heartrending
- poignant and provoking
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