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[ har-oh-ing ] / ˈhær oʊ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR harrowing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience. Origin of harrowingFirst recorded in 1800–10; harrow1 + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR harrowingpainful, agonizing, tormenting, heartbreaking. SEE SYNONYMS FOR harrowing ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM harrowinghar·row·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby harrowingHarrison's groove, Harris Tweed, Harrogate, Harrovian, harrow, harrowing, harrumph, harry, Harry Potter, harsh, harshen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for harrowingAs the year draws to a close, these goals remain unfulfilled and the news from CAR continues to be harrowing. The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST She also tracks his deteriorating health through the harrowing videos of the captives regularly released by the Nusra Front. A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda|Ruth Michaelson|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST On Thursday, Detective Superintendent McDonald described his account as “harrowing” and compelling. Victim: I Watched British MPs Rape and Murder Young Boys|Nico Hines|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Court painter to the Spanish Crown, he is perhaps best known for his harrowing Disasters of War series. The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The music was, as he describes it, “harrowing, beautiful, terrifying.” Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa|Nina Strochlic|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST If washing is to be apprehended, then sow the ground thickly with rye, harrowing in the seed only roughly. Village Improvements and Farm Villages|George E. Waring She said to me this morning, poor girl, the most characteristic, the most harrowing things. Embarrassments|Henry James Only men of creative genius know in what glorious and harrowing thraldom their creations hold them. Hawthorne and His Circle|Julian Hawthorne As for the roses on my best hat—but that was too harrowing to think about. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery This young gentleman, by a series of faults or misfortunes, has himself become a centre of harrowing emotion. Adventures among Books|Andrew Lang
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