EGAVE

harrowing

About 0.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of harrow.
  2. adjective Causing pain or distress; harrying.
  3. noun The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
    The field received two harrowings.
  4. noun Suffering, torment.
  5. noun Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction. Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.
  6. noun Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.

Similar words

agonizing excruciating painful torturing torturesome torturous distressing desperate heartbreaking heart-rending

Often followed by

of experience and experiences to details tale the tales

Word family

harrowingly

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