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Adjective: heartrending  'haa(r)t,ren-ding
  1. Causing or marked by grief or anguish
    "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter";
    - grievous, heartbreaking, heart-wrenching

See also: gut-wrenching, sorrowful