The movie is a harrowing depiction of life in an urban slum.
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Harrowing
Synonyms for "harrowing" (80 found)
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Related words (40)
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46 translations across 18 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使人痛苦的 adj (causing pain or distress)
- 慘痛的 /惨痛的 adj (causing pain or distress)
Danish
2 entries- oprivende adj (causing pain or distress)
- rystende adj (causing pain or distress)
Dutch
3 entries- verschrikkelijk adj (causing pain or distress)
- verstorend adj (causing pain or distress)
- vreselijk adj (causing pain or distress)
Finnish
4 entries- raastava adj (causing pain or distress)
- riipaiseva adj (causing pain or distress)
- sydäntäraastava adj (causing pain or distress)
- tuskaisa adj (causing pain or distress)
French
2 entries- navrant adj (causing pain or distress)
- éprouvant adj (causing pain or distress)
German
4 entries- erschütternd adj (causing pain or distress)
- grauenhaft adj (causing pain or distress)
- grauenvoll adj (causing pain or distress)
- quälend adj (causing pain or distress)
Hebrew
2 entries- מְיַסֵּר adj (causing pain or distress)
- מענה adj (causing pain or distress)
Hungarian
2 entries- szívszaggató adj (causing pain or distress)
- boronálás noun (the process of breaking up earth with a harrow)
Irish
2 entries- coscrach adj (causing pain or distress)
- léanmhar adj (causing pain or distress)
Italian
2 entries- straziante adj (causing pain or distress)
- erpicatura noun (the process of breaking up earth with a harrow)
Latin
1 entries- occātiō noun (the process of breaking up earth with a harrow)
Norwegian
1 entries- opprivende adj (causing pain or distress)
Polish
1 entries- udręczony adj (causing pain or distress)
Portuguese
2 entries- dilacerante adj (causing pain or distress)
- perturbador adj (causing pain or distress)
Russian
4 entries- го́рестный adj (causing pain or distress)
- душераздира́ющий adj (causing pain or distress)
- мучи́тельный adj (causing pain or distress)
- бороне́ние noun (the process of breaking up earth with a harrow)
Spanish
2 entries- angustioso adj (causing pain or distress)
- escarificación noun (the process of breaking up earth with a harrow)
Swedish
2 entries- hemsk adj (causing pain or distress)
- upprivande adj (causing pain or distress)
Tagalog
1 entries- sakalmot noun (the process of breaking up earth with a harrow)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It was a harrowing experience.
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Tom made a harrowing escape.
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Carlos lost nearly 12 kg as the coronavirus ravaged his body for two weeks, at one point necessitating a harrowing ambulance trip to the hospital.
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