Heavy and Heartrending

Heavy

Heavy adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: ignoring common sense, she drank the parasite-infested pond water and paid a heavy penalty for it

Heartrending and heavy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Heavy".

Heartrending

Heartrending adjective - Causing unhappiness.

Heavy and heartrending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heavy" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
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Heartrending and Heavy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heavy/heartrending
Heavy & Heartrending. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heavy/heartrending>.
Heartrending or Heavy. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heavy/heartrending.
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