Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "hartverskeurend" veroorsaak groot hartseer, hartseer of benoudheid; diep ontroerend of angswekkend. Dit beskryf iets wat die emosies diep raak en intense gevoelens van hartseer of hartseer veroorsaak.
He locked the doors of his house, mounted his horse, and with a broken spirit set out on his journey but he had hardly gone half-way when, harassed by his reflections, he had to dismount and tie his horse to a tree, at the foot of which he threw himself, giving vent to piteous heartrending sighs and there he remained till nearly nightfall, when he observed a man approaching on horseback from the city, of whom, after saluting him, he asked what was the news in Florence.
In the midst of all this frightful tumult and these terrific cries, two reports, fearfully distinct, followed by two shrieks more heartrending than all, froze me with terror.
All the emotions of that incredible, heartrending case welled up from the pit of my soul, from the pits of despair.
