What does harrowing mean?

harrowing means "extremely painful".

How many syllables are in harrowing?

harrowing has 3 syllables: har-ro-wing. The stress falls on "har". In IPA it is /ˈhɛɹoʊɪŋ/.

What is another word for harrowing?

Close synonyms include agonizing, agonising, excruciating, torturing, torturous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is harrowing a common word?

harrowing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

harrowing — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
extremely painful
Synonymsagonizing agonising excruciating torturing torturous torturesome
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