heartbreaking

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ADJ.

against, all, complicated, messy

VERB + HEARTBREAKING

don't, revealed, say, stunning

HEARTBREAKING + NOUN

cinema, conditions, day, family, piece, situation, story, things

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in

ADV.

especially, really, such

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adj

1

That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching

Things went well with the clearing on Friday, but by Saturday, February 3, a 70 m.p.h. blizzard set in, and against such heartbreaking conditions, although an effort was made with the plough to keep open the sections cleared on the previous day, ground was gradually lost, [...].

noun

1

The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

One could argue that Eliot's "great heartbreakings" were the overt physical signs of the inner psychological transformations achieved through brainwashing, cultural attack, and epidemic mortality.

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adjective — causing or marked by grief or anguish

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Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching

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Things went well with the clearing on Friday, but by Saturday, February 3, a 70 m.p.h. blizzard set in, and against such heartbreaking conditions, although an effort was made with the plough to keep o

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But even with these caveats, it remains a stunning and heartbreaking piece of cinema that strikes a particular chord with LGBTQ+ viewers.

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One could argue that Eliot's "great heartbreakings" were the overt physical signs of the inner psychological transformations achieved through brainwashing, cultural attack, and epidemic mortality.

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It was a heartbreaking story.

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It's heartbreaking.

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