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harrowing 音標拼音: [h'ɛroɪŋ] a. 痛心的,悲慘的 痛心的,悲慘的 harrowing adj 1: extremely painful [ synonym: { agonizing}, { agonising}, { excruciating}, { harrowing}, { torturing}, { torturous}, { torturesome}] Harrow \ Har" row\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Harrowed} ( h[ a^] r" r[- o] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Harrowing}.] [ OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See { Harrow}, n.] 1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land. [ 1913 Webster] Will he harrow the valleys after thee? -- Job xxxix. 10. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. [ 1913 Webster] My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. -- Rowe. [ 1913 Webster] I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " harrowing": acute, afflictive, agonizing, alarming, atrocious, biting, chilling, consuming, cramping, cruel, daunting, desolating, disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, excruciating, frightening, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, horrible, horrifying, hurtful, hurting, nerve- racking, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rending, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, terrifying, tormenting, torturing, torturous, traumatic, upsetting, vexing, worrisome, worrying
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