harrowing

Meaning of harrowing

verb
  1. To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
  2. To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
  3. To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
noun
  1. The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
    The field received two harrowings.
  2. Suffering, torment.
  3. Christ's triumphal descent into Hell.

adjective

Causing pain or distress.

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Hyphenation of harrowing

har-row-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • harrowing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

harrowing synonyms

Meaning agonizing:

agonizing, excruciating, torturing, torturous, torturesome

Words that rhyme with harrowing

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