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harrowing | harrowingly |

As a verb harrowing

is .

As an adjective harrowing

is causing pain or distress.

As a noun harrowing

is the process of breaking up earth with a harrow.

As an adverb harrowingly is

in a way or to an extent that is harrowing.

harrowing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing pain or distress.
  • * 2006 , , Concrete: Killer Smile , Dark Horse Books, cover text
    • Harrowing journeys down the dark roads of anger, violence, and madness
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
    • The field received two harrowings .

    harrowingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 13, Michael Brick, Racing's Last Frontier, New York Times citation
    • , passage=There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for

    Related terms

    * harrowingness