harrowing

Meanings

Plural: harrowings

Verb

• draw a harrow over (land)
• present participle and gerund of harrow

Adjective Satellite

• extremely painful

Adj

• Causing pain or distress; harrying.

Noun

• The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
• Suffering, torment.
• Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
• 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.

Synonyms

agonising, agonizing, disk, excruciating, harrow, torturesome, torturing, torturous

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