单词 | heart-wrenching |
释义 | > as lemmasheart-wrenching heart-wrenching adj. painfully upsetting or distressing; cf. heart-rending adj. ΚΠ 1838 Knickerbocker July 86 Loosen'd from guilt by a heart-wrenching shock, I hastened home. 1939 M. B. Schnapper Public Housing in Amer. 320 Heart-wrenching propaganda pictures for the next wave of slum clearance fervor. 2011 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 23 June 16 It is a parent's worst nightmare to watch their child go through such a traumatic event. It is truly heartwrenching. < as lemmas |
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