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Harrowing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Extremely distressing; agonizing: a harrowing experience.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of harrow.

adj. Causing pain or distress.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Heart-rending; excruciating; distressful; tragic: as, the harrowing details of a murder.

n. Same as harrying.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. extremely painful

Word Usage

"The batteries in the gameboy thing was so convoluted -- I'm playing with my daughter's gameboy (why??) but it's out of batteries (huh?) but I have some extra in my car (who does that??) so can you come help me put them in (how harrowing is replacing batteries? even a dumb kid would wonder why an adult with functioning hands would need help for this)."

Verb Form

harrowed harrowing harrows

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

turn plow plough

Cross Reference

spring-tooth harrow under the harrow pulverizing harrow chain harrow revolving harrow

Form

Harrowing of Hell harrowing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

wound lacerate vex pillage harry

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Barrow arrow barrow carrow narrow

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

plow cultivator fogger mower niggaz