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ˈheart-rending, a.
[See rend v.]
That rends the heart; terribly distressing. So ˈheart-rending vbl. n., terrible distress, pangs of anguish; ˈheart-rendingly adv.
a1687Waller (J.), Heart-rending news..That death should licence have to rage among The fair [etc.]. 1798Malthus Popul. (1817) II. 45 The heart-rending sensation of seeing his children starve. 1810T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 154, I had..heard of the heart-rending calamity. 1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxi. 343 As a..mother, I must feel the heart-rendings of those who will apply to me. 1873Black Pr. Thule xx. 333 The trouble and heartrending of sleepless nights. 1890Temple Bar Mag. 468 He..heard her heart-rendingly beg him not to go. |