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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Leo's packed three-day itinerary in Uruguay includes a visit to a neighborhood plagued by gang violence, a Mass in Paysandú, around 230 miles from the capital, and another Mass in the city of Florida, about 60 miles from Montevideo.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The Cybertruck was plagued from the get-go – from promises of its release in the late 2010s to its eventual rollout in 2023.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of plagued

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Others, primarily older, Black residents from the West and South sides, raised alarms about day-to-day policing issues in the parts of the city most afflicted by crime and other quality-of-life deficiencies.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
Tarantism mostly afflicted impoverished individuals, particularly women (tarantatas).

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of afflicted

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His Federal Communications Commission has persecuted TV networks and sought to muzzle late-night comedians who bruise the president’s ever-so-fragile feelings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
The Paxton campaign decried the reporting, without denying it, while saying he had been politically persecuted.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of persecuted

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During the dictatorship, at least 3,095 people were killed or forcibly disappeared, according to government figures, and tens of thousands more were tortured or jailed for political reasons.

— Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Faye Jenkins, whose daughter and son-in-law were tortured and murdered in their Riverside County home in 2008, said the California electorate backs capital punishment and Newsom shouldn’t have intervened.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of tortured

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In southern India, Diwali celebrates Lord Krishna's victory over the demon Naraka, who is said to have imprisoned women and tormented his subjects.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
In southern India, Diwali celebrates Lord Krishna’s victory over the demon Naraka, who is said to have imprisoned women and tormented his subjects.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

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