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
Shocking and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Shocking
Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.
Heartrending and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Shocking".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and heartrending
- disturbing and shocking
- intolerable and heartrending
- intolerable and shocking
- vile and heartrending
- vile and shocking
- grievous and heartrending
- grievous and shocking
- bad and heartrending
- bad and shocking
- wretched and heartrending
- wretched and shocking
- deplorable and heartrending
- deplorable and shocking
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