harrowing
harrowing · more harrowing · most harrowing
мучительный, душераздирающий, горестный
grauenhaft, erschütternd, grauenvoll, quälend
Causing pain or distressCausing pain or distress; harrying.
/ˈhæɹəʊ.ɪŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(formal)Causing pain or distress; harrying.
erschütternd, grauenhaft, grauenvoll
го́рестныйgórestnyj, душераздира́ющийdušerazdirájuščij, мучи́тельныйmučítelʹnyj
More definitions
- extremely painful
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
causing pain or distress:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
causing pain or distress:
Origin
By surface analysis, harrow + -ing.By surface analysis, harrow + -ing.
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Forms
more harrowing, most harrowing| Comparative | more harrowing Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most harrowing Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- extremely painful:agonizingagonisingexcruciatingtorturingtorturoustorturesome
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.