| 释义 |
gut-wrenching
gut-wrenching adj informal causing great distress or suffering: gut-wrenching scenes. gut-wrench•ing
adj. involving great distress or anguish; agonizing. [1970–75] gut-wrenching
gut-wrenchingAgonizing; extremely distressing, unpleasant, or emotionally disturbing; having a severe effect on one's feelings. What a gut-wrenching loss for the young athlete, who poured her heart and soul into this match. Kids today are so desensitized that images of violence their grandparents would have found gut-wrenching now barely even register a response. |