Meaning of heart-rending | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [C1]
Equivalents
Examples
“With much delicacy, avoiding to instance in her self-experience, she told me, that so long ago as when she used to play⟳ the part of the Little Son to Mrs. Porter’s Isabella, (I think⟳ it was) when that impressive actress has been bending over her in some heart-rending colloquy, she has felt real hot tears come⟳ trickling from her, which (to use⟳ her powerful expression) have⟳ perfectly scalded her back.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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