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gut-wrenching
[guht-ren-ching]
adjective
involving great distress or anguish; agonizing.
a gut-wrenching decision.
gut-wrenching
adjective
informalcausing great distress or suffering
gut-wrenching scenes
Example Sentences
Adam Peaty was not immediately convinced he would return to competitive swimming after his emotional, gut-wrenching week at the Paris Olympics last summer.
Reading “James” is like reading Frantz Fanon’s “The Wretched of the Earth” or watching “Get Out” for the first time — thrilling, eye-opening and gut-wrenching.
It is another gut-wrenching Masters defeat for Rose, who also lost to Sergio Garcia in a play-off in 2017, but the 44-year-old Englishman deserves immense credit for bouncing back from a 75 on Saturday to push McIlroy all the way.
The "gut-wrenching" flashes of wondering what her mother's last moments were.
The Dad Shift's co-founder, George Gabriel, said the stories he hears are often "absolutely gut-wrenching".
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