harrowing

• Décrit une expérience extrêmement pénible, angoissante ou effrayante, qui bouleverse profondément.

Describes an experience that is extremely upsetting, distressing, or frightening.

1. Distressing or painfulC1formal

   Causing great distress, pain, or suffering; extremely upsetting.

   Déchirant

   • The survivors told harrowing stories of the shipwreck.
   • It was a harrowing experience to witness the accident.
   • The documentary showed the harrowing conditions in the war zone.

   Synonymesagonizingdistressingexcruciatingpainfultraumaticupsetting

   Antonymescomfortingpleasantsoothing

• Verbe décrivant une action qui cause de la souffrance, du tourment ou une profonde douleur émotionnelle, ou littéralement l'action de briser et d'aplanir la terre avec une herse.

A verb used to describe the act of distressing, tormenting, or causing great emotional pain, or literally breaking up and smoothing soil with a harrow.

1. To distress or tormentC2formal

   To cause great distress, pain, or suffering to someone.

   tourmenter

   • The tragic news harrowed her deeply.
   • He was harrowed by guilt for years.
   • The harrowing experience left them traumatized.

   Synonymesafflictagonizedistressharassplagueracktormenttorturevexworry

2. To break up soilB2formal

   To break up and level soil using a harrow (a farming tool).

   herser

   • The farmer harrowed the field before planting.
   • They harrowed the land to prepare it for the seeds.
   • The tractor harrowed the soil efficiently.

   Synonymesbreak upcultivatedisctill