Synonyms for harrowing
har·row·ing

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1. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective

   extremely painful

   Synonyms:
   torturing, excruciating, agonising, torturesome, torturous, agonizing

   Antonyms:
   painless

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1. List of paraphrases for "harrowing":

   heart-rending, poignant, distressing, painful, terrible, agonizing

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1. Aron Harper:

   The most harrowing moments were when we first arrived on scene, dealing with these forest fires growing on you, flames jumping fifty feet in the air, we were yelling at guys to get out of there because the thing was growing so fast. I’ve never seen a fire grow that fast in my life.

2. Jesse Watters:

   The footage coming in was just harrowing and emotional, so that was pretty powerful, it was a new experience and it clicked.

3. Larry Kramer:

   During the past two years, while my family faced a harrowing battle with cancer, they have been the truest of friends … In turn, we have sought to support them as they face their own crisis.

4. Daniel Bekele:

   The number of rapes reported to us, often in harrowing detail, suggests that sexual violence is part of the government's counter-insurgency strategy, the scale of reported abuses points to the urgent need for an international investigation in both rebel- and government-controlled areas.

5. Toni Esquibel:

   There were probably about 10 shots. It was pretty harrowing. Pretty harrowing, not fun for young girls to have to go through that kind of experience.