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- Dictionaryheart-rending/ˈhɑːtˌrɛndɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing great sadness or distress: "a heart-rending story"
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The correct modern usage is heart-rending. Rend means to tear. Heart-rending is similar to heart-breaking, an emotional reaction to a very sad event. You referred to heart-rendering as it appears in an article, December 1861: A heart-rendering scene, written by Dr. Terry L. Jones, a professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Monroe ...
heart-rending. evocative. soul-stirring. pathos (This is a tricky one. A cognate, pathetic, has a negative connotation, but the word pathos can be neutral or positive in both denotation and connotation. It is one of the three modes of persuasion, according to Aristotle. Its counterpart--and negative-connotation word--would be bathos.)
Mar 8, 2019 · Pom: British person): Australian from 1912. contraction of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”). The older term of Jimmy Grant, meaning immigrant, became Pommy Grant as the Australian sun allegedly turned immigrants′ skin pomegranate red. An acronym for “Prisoner of Mother England”.
Feb 21, 2019 · Save feeling for emotions and conditions (hot, cold, inspired, loved). Use "am" to express confidence in a belief. Not to me. "I am sure" means that I know, from facts/data/experience that it is so. "I feel sure" means that I'm guessing/have an opinion that I think is right, but don't have direct observation.
