heart-wrenchingly
In agonizing fashion
Heart-wrenchingly describes something done in a way that causes deep emotional anguish or painful sympathy.
The adverb modifies actions or qualities that evoke grief, pity, or sorrow: The documentary heart-wrenchingly depicts families separated at the border.
She smiled heart-wrenchingly through her tears.
Causing severe damage
- heartbreakingCausing intense emotional anguish
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- agonizinglyIn tormenting fashion
- mournfullyIn a grieving way
sorrowfully · painfully · tragically · poignantly · unbearably · loss · bereavement · eulogy
Intense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- achinglyWith painful intensity
desperately · passionately · soulmate · separation · unrequited · forbidden · star-crossed · doomed
Emotionally affecting
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- compassionatelyWith caring concern
- tenderlyWith gentle care
- sympatheticallyWith shared feeling
stirringly · emotionally · affecting · soulfully · deeply · profoundly · pity · mercy
In an attractive manner
- exquisitelyIn a finely beautiful way
- hauntinglyIn a persistently unsettling way
- cinematicallyIn movie fashion
- lyricallyIn a songlike way
melodically · ballad · aria · sonata · performance · portrayal · novel · film
devastating
Causing severe damage
- heartbreakingCausing intense emotional anguish
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- agonizinglyIn tormenting fashion
mournfully · sorrowfully · painfully · tragically · poignantly · unbearably · loss · bereavement · eulogy · farewell
longing
Intense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
achingly · desperately · passionately · soulmate · separation · unrequited · forbidden · star-crossed · doomed · tragic
moving
Emotionally affecting
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- compassionatelyWith caring concern
- tenderlyWith gentle care
sympathetically · stirringly · emotionally · affecting · soulfully · deeply · profoundly · pity · mercy · kindness
beautifully
In an attractive manner
- exquisitelyIn a finely beautiful way
- hauntinglyIn a persistently unsettling way
- cinematicallyIn movie fashion
lyrically · melodically · ballad · aria · sonata · performance · portrayal · novel · film · scene
heart-wrenchinglyjoyfully
With great pleasure
cheerfully · upliftingly · delightfully · happily · blissfully
heart-wrenchinglyblandly
Without distinctive character
indifferently · dispassionately · flatly · unemotionally · coldly
heart, hearts, hearted, heartful, heartless, heartfelt, hearty, heartily, heartiness