Synonyms for heartbreaking
ˈhɑrtˌbreɪ kɪŋheart·break·ing

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1. grievous, heartbreaking, heartrendingadjective

   causing or marked by grief or anguish

   "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"

   Synonyms:
   serious, life-threatening, atrocious, flagitious, severe, weighty, grave, monstrous, heartrending, grievous, dangerous, heavy

   Antonyms:
   joyful

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1. List of paraphrases for "heartbreaking":

   heartrending, heart-wrenching, upsetting

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1. Lance Bottoms:

   It's heartbreaking that it's 2020 and this was a lynching of an African American man.

2. Suzanne Kerns:

   This is definitely a challenge in their generation, and watching my kids learn how to navigate this is really hard. It is really heartbreaking.

3. Victoria Spartz:

   It's heartbreaking to watch. … When you see in person the human suffering, and you see these little kids and moms leaving their houses with nothing [in] cold weather, it really has an effect on you, it's a tragedy what's happened there.

4. Annie Schulhof:

   Her performance is breathtaking and so nuanced and heartbreaking. She is one of our most consummate actresses.

5. Narendrara Modi:

   The incident concerning the killing of two innocent children in Bhavkhedi village in Shivpuri district is very heartbreaking, instructions for strict action against the accused and providing all possible help and protection of the family have been issued.