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1
hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
- a harrowing portrayal of the ravages of war
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2
intensely or unbearably painful
- the harrowing amputations without any anesthetic that soldiers and sailors once were forced to endure
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harrowing
verb
present participle of harrow
Synonyms & Antonyms of harrowing (Entry 2 of 2)
to cause persistent suffering to
- the villagers were gaunt and sickly, harrowed by years of disease and starvation
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- aggravating,
- agitating,
- annoying,
- bothering,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- griping,
- hagriding,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- molesting,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rasping,
- riling,
- vexing
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