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What does heartrending mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word heartrending? Here's what it means.

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  1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress
  2. That elicits deep sympathy
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Do not be surprised at that, each of your little sacrifices quenches my infinite and heartrending thirst.
Slowly, the images of rehearsal give way to the ultimate performance, a heartrending yet minimalist staging of original choreography.
This last sequence was accompanied by the heartrending strains of Pablo Casals playing a Spanish folk song on the cello.
In my job at Channel Mum I speak with dozens of new mums every day and some of their tales are heartrending.
Thousands of people have been displaced and this is extremely sorrowful and heartrending.
The cantor's solo is the most passionate, heartrending music of the liturgical year.

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