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Synonyms for heartbreaking
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
causing or marked by grief or anguish
Her sigh was heartbreaking.
The true synonym
grievous
Same sentence, swapped: Her sigh was grievous.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for heartbreaking as it is used in the sentence above.
- consuming
- excruciating
- racking
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