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harrowing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of harrowing

1 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

They survived a harrowing ordeal.

Synonyms of harrowing

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

Words Related to harrowing

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

Near Antonyms of harrowing

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of harrowing

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

2 intensely or unbearably painful

a harrowing injury

Synonyms of harrowing

agonizing, excruciating, racking, raging, tormenting, torturing, torturous, wrenching

Words Related to harrowing

acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent

biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling

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