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heartrending

How many syllables in heartrending?

  3 syllables

Divide heartrending into syllables:   heart-rend-ing
Primary syllable stress:   heart-rend-ing
Secondary syllable stress:   heart-rend-ing
How to pronounce heartrending:   hahrt-ren-ding
How to say heartrending:

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Synonyms for heartrending


1 syllable
  • sad
    2 syllables
    • moving
    • poignant
    • tragic
    • painful
    • touching
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with heartrending

      3 syllables
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