Harrowing - English meaning

verb

(of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely.

Usage examples:

His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

verb

To make someone or something suffer physically or mentally

Usage examples:

He was afflicted with severe asthma., illiteracy is a serious affliction.

verb

Put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment.

Usage examples:

Two thieves were crucified with jesus

verb

To kill someone by tying or nailing the person to a cross

Usage examples:

The media have a tendency to crucify organizations that try to do things differently.

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

adjective

Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting.

Usage examples:

Some very distressing news

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Upsetting or worrying

Usage examples:

The news reports about the famine were very distressing., it was deeply distressing for him to see …

verb

Feel intense sorrow.

Usage examples:

She grieved for her father

noun

An overseer, manager, or bailiff on a farm.

adjective

Causing overwhelming distress; very upsetting.

Usage examples:

It would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse

adjective

Causing extreme sadness

Usage examples:

A heartbreaking story, it is heartbreaking (for him) that he cannot see his children.

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Usage examples:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

verb

To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed

Usage examples:

He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother.

noun

Highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She's in great pain

verb

Cause mental or physical pain to.

Usage examples:

It pains me to say this

noun

A framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things.

Usage examples:

A spice rack

verb

Cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to.

Usage examples:

He was racked with guilt

verb

(of a horse) move with a rack gait.

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Variant spelling of sere1.

adjective

(especially of vegetation) dry or withered.

Usage examples:

Small green vineyards encircled by vast sear fields

noun

A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

Usage examples:

It was a shock to face such hostile attitudes

verb

Short for shock absorber.

verb

Arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.

Usage examples:

The grain is shocked in the field after it is cut

noun

Severe physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

Usage examples:

He was tormented by jealousy

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain

Usage examples:

[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…

noun

The action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

Usage examples:

The torture of political prisoners

verb

Inflict severe pain or suffering on.

Usage examples:

Most of the victims had been brutally tortured

noun

An injury or severe mental pain

Usage examples:

[ c ] all drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather., [ u ] the museum has many exampl…

adjective

Deeply disturbing or distressing.

Usage examples:

She was going through a traumatic divorce

adjective

Causing severe and lasting emotional shock and pain

Usage examples:

Some of the most disturbed children had witnessed really traumatic things, such as rape and murder.…

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

adjective

Causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry.

Usage examples:

A painful and upsetting divorce

noun

The action of knocking something over.

Usage examples:

Destruction was done by the breaking of pictures, upsetting of furniture, and chopping down of inte…

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Usage examples:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.