harrowing | Definition of harrowing

Synonyms and Antonyms of harrowing

1 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

a harrowing portrayal of the ravages of war

Synonyms of harrowing

afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous

Words Related to harrowing

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms of harrowing

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of harrowing

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

2 intensely or unbearably painful

the harrowing amputations without any anesthetic that soldiers and sailors once were forced to endure

Synonyms of harrowing

agonizing, excruciating, racking, raging, tormenting, torturing, torturous, wrenching

Words Related to harrowing

acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent

biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling