harrowing in English

adjective
1
acutely distressing.
a harrowing film about racism and violence
verb
1
draw a harrow over (land).
Wheat fields are harrowed before the crop emerges to get the first flush of weeds.

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1. HArrowing definition, extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a hArrowing experience

2. The book makes harrowing reading.

3. The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.

4. What harrowing ordeal had Paul been through?

5. Agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome (adj)

6. You've had a harrowing time this past month.

7. 2 The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.

8. “THREE HARROWING DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD.”

9. No detectable fragments may survive this harrowing experience.

10. His other abiding memory is a harrowing one.

11. The film contained harrowing scenes of starving children.

12. She told us a harrowing tale of misfortunes.

13. 11 His other abiding memory is a harrowing one.

14. You've had a harrowing experience and a lucky escape.

15. 5 No detectable fragments may survive this harrowing experience.

16. agonizing, Agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome (adj)

17. 5 synonyms for Anguishing: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, tormenting, torturous

18. 6 synonyms for Agonising: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous

19. I know it's harrowing for you, but think hard.

20. To see someone killed is a very harrowing experience.

21. HArrowing is one of the best ways to eliminate clumps

22. She slammed a mental door shut on the harrowing thought.

23. 22 synonyms for Agonizing: painful, bitter, distressing, harrowing, heartbreaking, grievous

24. Harrowing for the patient, not to mention the expense incurred.

25. Never would've thought touring the Pacific Northwest would be so harrowing...

26. 28 Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.

27. The court heard harrowing testimony from survivors and relatives of the victims.

28. Stapledon strongly recommends a second harrowing to cover the seeds before rolling.

29. The Cleric ensures their companions make it through even the most harrowing encounters alive

30. He was on the run from murderous King Saul —a harrowing ordeal in itself.

31. Shocking revelations and epic Bloodlettings highlight this harrowing final chapter in the Hellsing Ultimate Saga

32. After a harrowing bus ride through the mountains, we arrived at the port of Heraklion.

33. Synonyms for Anguishing include tormenting, agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, suffering, torturing, painful, torturous and racking

34. The scenes of Raynor injecting himself are sickening and his drug withdrawal sequence is harrowing.

35. And we ran into a FARC patrol at dawn, so it was quite harrowing.

36. Shocking revelations and epic Bloodlettings highlight this harrowing final chapter in the Hellsing Ultimate Saga

37. Nearly all the relatives have agreed not to make a harrowing personal identification of the victims.

38. It was a harrowing din, a cascade of furious voices merged into a single pulsating shout.

39. Shocking revelations and epic Bloodlettings highlight this harrowing final chapter in the Hellsing Ultimate Saga

40. Synonyms for Agonising include excruciating, harrowing, painful, grievous, tormenting, torturous, racking, bitter, acute and extreme

41. Synonyms for Afflicting include painful, agonising, agonizing, grievous, excruciating, harrowing, harsh, bitter, torturous and tormenting

42. Despite all this talent, however, Simon describes his trip to Broadway as a somewhat harrowing experience.

43. Synonyms for Agonizing include excruciating, harrowing, painful, grievous, tormenting, torturous, racking, bitter, acute and extreme

44. There are many synonyms of Anguishing which include Agonizing, Excruciating, Harrowing, Painful, Suffering, Torturing, Torturous, etc.

45. Discover 'Bruin' in Dundee, Scotland: This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

46. Bloodlines is a harrowing portrayal of a cartel family’s thirst for power, money and fast horses

47. Despite critical letters from their families and harrowing interviews with different social workers, they remain resolute.

48. Miriam, unable to endure this harrowing sight a moment longer, had fled from the tiger house.

49. The Crammed, harrowing effect is achieved through a work with overstuffed frames reminiscent of some of Caravaggio's paintings

50. It's a pretty harrowing linkage between what's happening to our environment and what's happening to our human rights.