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harrowing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | agonising, agonizing, excruciating, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
Examples of harrowing
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The great, merciless cadenza brought forth a performance of harrowing intensity.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Those aboard the jetliner remember a short flight that quickly turned harrowing.
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The car accident is harrowing, with one person sustaining a fatal throat injury.
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Apparently you can take harrowing descriptions of withdrawal out of context now.
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He paints a harrowing picture of what it's like to be poor in America right now.
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Sure, those two teams on any given day could give you a harrowing football game.
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Three years on and savers who snapped up the bond face a harrowing income crash.
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It was a harrowing time, yet, in retrospect, a positive one for the young Soros.
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Here, she gives LightBox the backstory behind some of her most harrowing images.
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- Agonizing: extremely painful
- In agriculture, a set of harrows is an implement for cultivating the surface of the soil. In this way it is distinct in its effect from the plough, which is used for deeper cultivation. Harrowing is often carried out on fields to follow the rough finish left by ploughing operations. ...
- The Harrowing is a horror novel by Alexandra Sokoloff. It was first published in 2006 by St. Martin's Press, and is the author's debut book, following a screenwriting career. ...
- Causing pain or distress
- (harrowingly) In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
- A mechanical means soil tillage to reduce competing vegetation and to prepare a site to be seeded.
- (adj) - agonizing, distressing, traumatic
- Surface cultivation of the soil, usually with a tine or disc-type implement.
- Breaking clods in the fields in preparation for soil aeration and seeding.
