Synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending, grievous
Definition: causing or marked by grief or anguish
Usage: a grievous loss; a grievous cry; her sigh was heartbreaking; the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
Similar words: sorrowful
Definition: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Usage: sorrowful widows; a sorrowful tale of death and despair; sorrowful news; even in laughter the heart is sorrowful- Proverbs 14:13