• Harrowing

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈhæɹəʊiÅ‹/

    Verb

    harrowing
    1. Present participle of harrow

    Full definition of harrowing

    Adjective

    harrowing

    1. Causing pain or distress.
      • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Dark Horse Books, cover textHarrowing journeys down the dark roads of anger, violence, and madness
      • 2013-01, Brian Hayes, Father of Fractals, 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.
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