Definitions 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"

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1. heartbreakingnoun

   The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

2. heartbreakingadjective

   That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

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1. heartbreaking

   A broken heart (also known as heartbreak or heartache) is a metaphor for the intense emotional stress or pain one feels at experiencing great and deep longing. The concept is cross-cultural, often cited with reference to unreciprocated or lost love.Failed romantic love can be extremely painful; people with a broken heart may succumb to depression, anxiety and, in more extreme cases, post-traumatic stress disorder.

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1. heartbreaking

   Heartbreaking refers to causing intense sorrow, grief, or distress, often used to describe situations, events, or experiences that deeply upset or cause emotional pain. It can also refer to any circumstance that leads to great disappointment or emotional wounds.

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1. Heartbreakingadjective

   causing overpowering sorrow

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heartbreaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heartbreaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of heartbreaking in a Sentence

1. Victoria Albrecht:

   It was just a sea of dead horses, it was just heartbreaking.

2. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

   This past summer you could notice the drought in California clearly and the fires, today we had this incredible pass over the Himalayas, and to just see all that pollution that's just kind of riding up against those mountains from the south, it's kind of heartbreaking to see that.

3. Meir Sendor:

   We watched him grow, it's devastating. It's heartbreaking.

4. American Girl:

   Daddy was coming over for my birthday, and he shot people, she was weeping and crying [that she] ‘didn’t have presents.’ It was heartbreaking to hear that. We found her hidden in a closet.

5. Emily Wales:

   The fact that the same nightmare we've been living -- with our Texas patients -- is now going to happen in Oklahoma is heartbreaking for us on the provider level.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heartbreaking
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heartbreaking
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreaking
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaking
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=heartbreaking