Word.ws English Dictionary

gut-wrenching

/ˈɡʌt ˌɹɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/

gut-wrenching adjective: sickening.

Adjective

gut-wrenching (comparative more gut-wrenching, superlative most gut-wrenching)

  1. (idiomatic) Sickening.
  2. (idiomatic) Difficult to tolerate.

gut-wrenching meaning in Bengali

gut-wrenching in Bengali

বমি উদ্রেককারী, সহ্য করা কঠিন

Forms of gut-wrenching

comparativemore gut-wrenching
superlativemost gut-wrenching

Origin of gut-wrenching

From gut + wrenching.

Words formed from gut-wrenching

Questions about gut-wrenching

What does gut-wrenching mean?
Gut-wrenching means sickening.
What is gut-wrenching in Bengali?
Gut-wrenching in Bengali is বমি উদ্রেককারী, সহ্য করা কঠিন. See Gut-wrenching meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is gut-wrenching?
Gut-wrenching is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gut-wrenching?
Gut-wrenching is pronounced /ˈɡʌt ˌɹɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/ (US).

Words near gut-wrenching in the dictionary

  1. gut-shot straight
  2. gut-shot straights
  3. gut-shots
  4. gut-tie
  5. gut-wrenched
  6. gut-wrenching
  7. gut-wrenchingly
  8. Gutalac
  9. Gutamal
  10. gutbomb
  11. gutbombs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gut-wrenching (page history and authors); gut-wrenching (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-gut-wrenching.wav.

Cite this entry: “gut-wrenching.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gut-wrenching. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.