All heart-rending synonyms

adj heart-rending

• affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
• miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
• affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
• dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
• bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
• unhappy — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• depressing — Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
• serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
• miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
• sorry — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
• stunning — causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
• wistful — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
• stirring — rousing, exciting, or thrilling: a stirring speech.
• fateful — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
• deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
• fatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
• cataclysmic — A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
• awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
• destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
• grim — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
• terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
• dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
• outrageous — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
• monstrous — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
• atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
• flagrant — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
• appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
• heinous — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
• tragic — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
• shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
• shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
• glaring — shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
• intolerable — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
• unbearable — not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.
• damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
• torturous — pertaining to, involving, or causing torture or suffering.
• heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
• terrifying — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
• chilling — If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening.
• traumatic — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
• poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
• touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
• unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
• tender — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
• melting — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
• compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
• alarming — Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
• soaring — an act or instance of soaring.
• tormenting — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
• torturing — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.