adj
Meaning 1
Causing pain or distress; harrying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
harrowing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹəʊ.ɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 R OW0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The field received two harrowings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tillage
noun
Meaning 3
Suffering, torment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of harrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
extremely painful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, torturing, torturous, torturesome
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, harrow + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 使人痛苦的 (shǐ rén tòngkǔ de) — causing pain or distress
- Chinese Mandarin: 慘痛的 /惨痛的 (cǎntòng de) — causing pain or distress
- Danish: rystende — causing pain or distress
- Danish: oprivende — causing pain or distress
- Dutch: verstorend — causing pain or distress
- Dutch: vreselijk — causing pain or distress
- Dutch: verschrikkelijk — causing pain or distress
- Finnish: riipaiseva — causing pain or distress
- Finnish: tuskallinen — causing pain or distress
- Finnish: tuskaisa — causing pain or distress
- Finnish: sydäntäraastava — causing pain or distress
- Finnish: raastava — causing pain or distress
- French: navrant — causing pain or distress
- French: éprouvant — causing pain or distress
- German: erschütternd — causing pain or distress
- German: grauenhaft — causing pain or distress
- German: grauenvoll — causing pain or distress
- German: quälend — causing pain or distress
- Hebrew: מענה — causing pain or distress
- Hebrew: מְיַסֵּר (m'yasér) — causing pain or distress
- Hungarian: szívszaggató — causing pain or distress
- Irish: léanmhar — causing pain or distress
- Irish: coscrach — causing pain or distress
- Italian: straziante — causing pain or distress
- Norwegian: opprivende — causing pain or distress
- Polish: udręczony — causing pain or distress
- Portuguese: perturbador — causing pain or distress
- Portuguese: dilacerante — causing pain or distress
- Russian: го́рестный (górestnyj) — causing pain or distress
- Russian: душераздира́ющий (dušerazdirájuščij) — causing pain or distress
- Russian: мучи́тельный (mučítelʹnyj) — causing pain or distress
- Spanish: angustioso — causing pain or distress
- Spanish: desgarrador — causing pain or distress
- Swedish: hemsk — causing pain or distress
- Swedish: upprivande — causing pain or distress
- Finnish: äestys — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Finnish: äestäminen — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- German: Eggen — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Hungarian: boronálás — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Italian: erpicatura — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Latin: occātiō — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Russian: боронова́ние (boronovánije) — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Russian: бороне́ние (boronénije) — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Russian: рыхле́ние (ryxlénije) — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Russian: культива́ция (kulʹtivácija) — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Spanish: escarificación — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow
- Tagalog: sakalmot — the process of breaking up earth with a harrow