harrowing

Synonyms

afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous;

Antonyms

gratifying, pleasing, sweet;

Near Antonyms

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable;

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable;

acceptable, allowable, reasonable;

Related Words

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable;

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched;

acute, extreme, intense, piercing;