Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. It was a harrowing experience.

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  2. Tom made a harrowing escape.

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  3. The horses are pulling the harrow.

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  4. It was the most harrowing experience of my life.

    ruЭто был самый мучительный опыт в моей жизни. — marafon

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  5. The movie is a harrowing depiction of life in an urban slum.

    ruФильм рисует душераздирающую картину жизни в городских трущобах. — shanghainese

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Origin

From Middle English harrow, harrowe, haro, from Old French haro, harou, harau, harol, from

From Middle English harrow, harrowe, haro, from Old French haro, harou, harau, harol, from Frankish *harot, *hara (“here; hither”), from *hēr. Akin to Old Saxon herod, Old High German herot, Middle Dutch hare.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
harpoonharpsichordharpyharryharsh

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