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heart-breaking

heart-breaking is the alternative form of heartbreaking.

Meaning of heartbreaking

Adjective

heartbreaking (comparative more heartbreaking, superlative most heartbreaking)

  1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
    • Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching

See all 2 meanings of heartbreaking

Forms of heart-breaking

comparativemore heart-breaking
superlativemost heart-breaking

Words formed from heart-breaking

Questions about heart-breaking

What is heart-breaking the alternative form of?
Heart-breaking is the alternative form of heartbreaking.

Words near heart-breaking in the dictionary

  1. heart-aches
  2. heart-attack
  3. heart-balm
  4. heart-balms
  5. heart-blood
  6. heart-breaking
  7. heart-breakingly
  8. heart-breakingness
  9. heart-burn
  10. heart-failure
  11. heart-failures

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