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harrowing

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harrowing
adjective
harrowing pictures of starving children |
a harrowing experience:
distressing, traumatic, upsetting, heartbreaking, heart-rending, shocking, disturbing, painful, affecting, haunting, appalling, tragic, horrifying;
informal gut-wrenching;
rare distressful.
▷antonyms heartening.