Associations to the word «Heartrending»

Wiktionary

HEARTRENDING, adjective. That causes great grief, anguish or distress
HEARTRENDING, adjective. That elicits deep sympathy

Dictionary definition

HEARTRENDING, 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

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill