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harrowing

(hæroʊɪŋ)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A harrowing experience is extremely upsetting or disturbing.
You've had a harrowing time this past month.
Synonyms: distressing, disturbing, alarming, frightening More Synonyms of harrowing

Examples of 'harrowing' in a sentence
harrowing

We would now ask that everyone respects our need for privacy at this harrowing time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

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harrowing

British English: harrowing ADJECTIVE
A harrowing experience is extremely upsetting or disturbing.
You've had a harrowing time this past month.
  • American English: harrowing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: doloroso
  • Chinese: 折磨人的
  • European Spanish: angustioso
  • French: pénible
  • German: erschütternd
  • Italian: straziante
  • Japanese: 悲惨な
  • Korean: 비참한
  • European Portuguese: doloroso
  • Latin American Spanish: angustioso

Chinese translation of 'harrowing'

harrowing

(ˈhærəuɪŋ)

adj

  1. [film, experience] 令人伤(傷)心的 (lìng rén shāngxīn de)
(adjective) 
Definition
very upsetting or disturbing
a harrowing description of the disaster
Synonyms
distressing
the distressing symptoms of anxiety
disturbing
There are disturbing reports of severe weather conditions.
alarming
The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
frightening
The latest crime statistics are frightening.
painful
His remark brought back painful memories.
terrifying
one of the most terrifying diseases known to man
chilling
traumatic
I suffered a traumatic nervous breakdown.
tormenting
heartbreaking
one of the most heartbreaking letters I have ever received
excruciating
I was in excruciating pain.
agonizing
The wait was agonizing.
nerve-racking
The presentation of a speech can be a nerve-racking experience.
heart-rending
heart-rending accounts of the disaster
gut-wrenching

Additional synonyms

in the sense of agonizing
The wait was agonizing.
Synonyms
painful,
bitter,
distressing,
harrowing,
heartbreaking,
grievous,
excruciating,
hellish,
heart-rending,
gut-wrenching,
torturous
in the sense of alarming
The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
Synonyms
frightening,
shocking,
scaring,
disturbing,
distressing,
terrifying,
appalling,
startling,
dreadful,
horrifying,
menacing,
intimidating,
dismaying,
scary (informal),
fearful,
daunting,
fearsome,
unnerving,
hair-raising,
bloodcurdling
in the sense of disturbing
There are disturbing reports of severe weather conditions.
Synonyms
worrying,
troubling,
upsetting,
alarming,
frightening,
distressing,
startling,
discouraging,
dismaying,
unsettling,
harrowing,
agitating,
disconcerting,
disquieting,
perturbing

Synonyms of 'harrowing'

harrowing

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