adj.

Extremely distressing; agonizing: a harrowing experience.

adjective

Extraordinarily painful or distressing: agonizing, anguishing, excruciating, tormenting, torturous. See pain/pleasure.

adj

Definition: dangerous, frightening
Antonyms: calming, heartening, pleasant, pleasing, safe, unfrightening

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IN BRIEF: Causing pain, fear, or discomfort. Also: To cultivate with a tool that has spikes or teeth.

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind as harrowing and planting those of the earth. — Margaret Sarah Fuller (1810-1850)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rystende, sindsoprivende

Nederlands (Dutch)
aangrijpend, schrijnend

Français (French)
adj. - atroce, déchirant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - entsetzlich, grauenhaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σπαρακτικός, τραγικός, βασανιστικός, τυραννικός

Italiano (Italian)
straziante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - angustioso

Русский (Russian)
боронование, душераздирающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - horrendo, horroroso, angustioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - upprörande, hemsk

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
痛心的, 悲惨的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 痛心的, 悲慘的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 마음 아픈, 가슴이 미어질 듯한, 비참한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 痛ましい, 悲惨な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذو علاقه بتسويه الأرض وتمهيدها أو بالسلب والنهب أو بالتعذيب أو بالإغاظه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחריד, גורם צער‬

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