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
Unsettling and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unsettling" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Unsettling
Unsettling adjective - Causing worry or anxiety.
Heartrending and unsettling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Unsettling".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and heartrending
- disturbing and unsettling
- painful and heartrending
- painful and unsettling
- hard and heartrending
- hard and unsettling
- severe and heartrending
- severe and unsettling
- dreadful and heartrending
- dreadful and unsettling
- shocking and heartrending
- shocking and unsettling
- distressing and heartrending
- distressing and unsettling
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Unsettling and Heartrending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/unsettling
Heartrending & Unsettling. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/unsettling>.
Unsettling or Heartrending. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/unsettling.
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