HARROWED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

harrowed

verb

past tense of harrow

as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to the villagers were gaunt and sickly, harrowed by years of disease and starvation

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Jackson broke his foot last training camp when a teammate stepped on it during practice, and that injury plagued him all of 2025, and required an offseason procedure that kept him sidelined all OTAs and minicamp.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
As in the last two years, this year’s Tour is plagued by doping.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

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The Chinese government denies the Uyghurs have been or are being persecuted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
As a senator, Marco Rubio was a strong supporter of the bureau and human rights broadly, once arguing from the Senate floor that safeguarding the freedoms of gay men who were persecuted in Chechnya — and all people — was in the national interest.

— Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

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Dandara dos Santos was tortured and beaten to death by a group of twelve people, who eventually tossed her body in a wheelbarrow, shot her, and posted a video of the crime on social media.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Yes, Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy who was abducted, tortured and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after a White woman accused him of making an advance toward her.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

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Or suppose you’re being tormented by someone in power, but lack the ability to explain to others—or even to yourself—exactly how you’re being wronged.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
The trailer shows Depp as Scrooge tormented by the terrifying spirits of Christmas, haunting him throughout the Christmas season.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 23 July 2026

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