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Adjective: harrowing  ha-row-ing or her-ow-ing [N. Amer], ha-row-ing [Brit]
  1. Extremely painful
    "The harrowing experience left him traumatized";
    - agonizing, agonising [Brit], excruciating, torturing, torturous, torturesome
Verb: harrow  her-ow or ha-row [N. Amer], ha-row [Brit]
  1. Break up and level soil using a harrow
    "They harrowed the field to prepare it for planting";
    - disk [US], disc
     
  2. Cause mental torment or distress
    "The tragic news harrowed the family"

See also: painful

Type of: plough [Brit, Cdn], plow [N. Amer], turn

Encyclopedia: Harrowing

Harrow, Richard