Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
Unbearable and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unbearable" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Unbearable
Unbearable adjective - More than can be put up with.
Heartrending and unbearable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Unbearable".
Nearby Word: unbearably
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- intolerable and heartrending
- intolerable and unbearable
- painful and heartrending
- painful and unbearable
- agonizing and heartrending
- agonizing and unbearable
- severe and heartrending
- severe and unbearable
- extreme and heartrending
- extreme and unbearable
- intense and heartrending
- intense and unbearable
- grievous and heartrending
- grievous and unbearable
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Unbearable and Heartrending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/unbearable
Heartrending & Unbearable. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/unbearable>.
Unbearable or Heartrending. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/unbearable.
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