What is another word for harrowing ?

Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

Adjective

Causing great pain or anguish

grievous

harsh

painful

more than flesh and blood can stand

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

savoury^UK

savory^US

wintry^US

calling a spade a spade

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

wintery^UK

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

Acutely distressing

like getting blood out of a stone

sombre^UK

somber^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unfavorable^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

unsavory^US

agonized^US

agonised^UK

unsavoury^UK

easier said than done

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

meagre^UK

meager^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

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Adjective

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

unfavorable^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

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Adjective

Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

agonized^US

agonised^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

feeling uncomfortable

giving someone trouble

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

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Verb

Present participle for to traumatize or cause distress to

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

bringing tears to your eyes

inflicting anguish on

victimizing^US

breaking the heart of

victimising^UK

making someone fed up

knocking sideways

making despondent

knocking for six

making gloomy

giving someone the blues

hanging over

knocking the stuffing out of

making sad

breaking someone's heart

laboring^US

labouring^UK

bending someone's ear

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

causing someone distress

causing pain

inflicting pain on

inflicting suffering on

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

putting the squeeze on

jumping on one's case

dishonoring^US

doing an injustice to

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

beating down

harshing someone's mellow

hitting where one lives

giving no quarter

laying a bad trip on

stepping on the toes of

causing discomfort to

rubbing up the wrong way

getting on your nerves

hurting somebody's feelings

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

making someone scratch their head

niggling at

terrifying

accosting

knocking the wind out of

dashing the hopes of

harshing one's mellow

brutalizing^US

taking the heart out of

making severe demands on

making demands on

putting a strain on

throbbing

pushing the buttons of

brutalising^UK

giving someone the works

working over

putting on the rack

tyrannizing over

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

making your gorge rise

grossing out

making someone want to throw up

turning stomach

making someone feel nauseous

rankling with

getting your back up

getting under your skin

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

dampening the spirits of

making someone suffer

taking the wind out of your sails

causing to lose heart

breathing down someone's neck

carping at

making somebody's hackles rise

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“It didn't seem at all necessary to harrow her with the story of Ingerson's miring in the drink demoniac's morass.”

Verb

Present participle for to break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting

Verb

Present participle for dig up ground for cultivation

ploughing^UK

plowing^US

Verb

Present participle for to greatly dismay or horrify

Verb