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trying
Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
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  1. Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
  2. That tries one's patience; annoying; exasperating; irksome
  3. Difficult to endure; arduous.
nerve-racking
Intensely irritating or distressing to the nerves
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  1. Intensely irritating or distressing to the nerves
  2. Very trying to one's patience or equanimity; causing irritation or exasperation
excruciating
Very intense or extreme:
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  1. Very intense or extreme:
  2. Causing intense physical or mental pain; agonizing
  3. Intensely painful; agonizing.
torturous
Extremely painful or difficult
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  1. Extremely painful or difficult
  2. Of, relating to, or causing torture.
  3. Of or causing torture
Find another word for harrowing. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for harrowing, like: frightening, tormenting, trying, nerve-racking, disturbing, agonizing, anguishing, excruciating, tormenting, torturous and pain.

Sentence Examples

  • The train crash was a harrowing experience for everyone involved.

  • I don't think I could live through such a harrowing event again.

  • Because of her harrowing experience on an out-of-control roller coaster, Julia refuses to step foot in an amusement park.

  • Every effort should be made to prepare a good mealy tilth by suitable ploughing, harrowing and consolidation.

  • After-cultivation may comprise rolling, harrowing (to preserve the fineness of the tilth) and in some districts hoeing.

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