Question of the Day #1261

"I Wish I Could Be Normal": People With Low IQs Are Opening Up About Their Deepest Hardships In Life, And It's Absolutely Gut-Wrenching

From the headline of this article at BuzzFeed.

  上記の文で、gut-wrenchingの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "gut-wrenching" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【形】
断腸の思いの、心が張り裂けそうな、大きな苦痛を伴う、胸をえぐられるような、はらわたがちぎれるような、衝撃的な

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

causing mental or emotional anguish

 

Examples

1. The past week has been gut-wrenching for our town, like all the worst parts of the Bible at once. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
2. And the gun sellers knew or should have known that these guns would lead to gut-wrenching murder. — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 18 July 2023
3. The gut-wrenching feeling, the weight on his chest, and the lack of desire for anything became too much to bear. — Anna Guaracao, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
4. Adam Peaty was not immediately convinced he would return to competitive swimming after his emotional, gut-wrenching week at the Paris Olympics last summer. From BBC
5. The "gut-wrenching" flashes of wondering what her mother's last moments were. From BBC

 

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