Associations to the word «Heartbreaking»

Wiktionary

HEARTBREAKING, adjective. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
HEARTBREAKING, noun. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

Dictionary definition

HEARTBREAKING, adjective. Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats