Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Wistful and heartrending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wistful" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Wistful
Wistful adjective - Showing pensive sadness.
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Synonyms for Wistful
Heartrending and wistful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Wistful".
Nearby Word: wistfully
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Related pairs
- pitiful and heartrending
- pitiful and wistful
- melancholy and heartrending
- melancholy and wistful
- dismal and heartrending
- dismal and wistful
- woeful and heartrending
- woeful and wistful
- sad and heartrending
- sad and wistful
- unhappy and heartrending
- unhappy and wistful
- miserable and heartrending
- miserable and wistful
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Wistful and Heartrending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/wistful
Heartrending & Wistful. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/wistful>.
Wistful or Heartrending. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heartrending/wistful.
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