HARROWED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

harrowed

verb

past tense of harrow

as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to the villagers were gaunt and sickly, harrowed by years of disease and starvation

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Aside from the peeling of the waterproof coating, the reflecting pool has been plagued by an algae bloom, a persistent problem due to Washington’s high heat during the summer and the pool’s shallow depth, which creates an ideal biological incubator.

— Philip Wang, Time, 6 July 2026
Now fully healthy after knee injuries plagued his rookie season, Thiero’s versatility in summer league could potentially translate to regular-season minutes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

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Jude, meanwhile, was shifting from tossing cones to tugging at his ears, afflicted with the same malady that had landed several of the toddlers on the room’s version of the injury list.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
They are both afflicted by cognitive and/or hearing issues.

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026

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The Washington Principles also recognize that many sales of artwork by Jews during the Nazi era occurred while they were being persecuted, or under duress.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine have been persecuted.

— Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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Walker was abducted, raped, tortured and murdered after attending a Valentine’s Day dance with her boyfriend.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
The actual abduction was committed, according to the feds, by supermarket owner Abu Chowdhury — who’s accused of heading a kidnapping ring that also snatched and tortured two men who crossed his vengeful wife, Iffat Lubna.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026

Definition of tortured

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The three-paragraph note compared Lyons to a Nazi and predicted that Lyons would be tormented by his own conscience.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 6 July 2026
Tournament favorites France, for example, have so thoroughly taunted and tormented their opponents that anything short of the final would seem an injustice at this point.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

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