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Synonyms of harrow

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Another word for harrow is trouble. Other synonyms of harrow are distress, hurt, damage, harm and torment.

Synonyms and similar words for harrow

verbTo traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.

  • anguish
  • distressTo cause strain or anxiety to someone.
  • troubleTo mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
  • afflictTo cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
  • lacerate
  • aggrieve
  • plague
  • atray dialectalTo vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
  • cag dialectal, slangTo vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
  • harassTo put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
  • harryTo harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
  • tormentTo cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).
  • vex
  • rend
  • wring figurativelyTo cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to...
  • engrieve archaicTo cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
  • grame obsoleteTo vex; grill; make angry or sorry.

verbTo break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.

  • damageTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  • harmTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
  • tortureTo intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or...
  • abuseTo injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
  • bewoundTo wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
  • do damage to
  • do for UKTo doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
  • do illTo harm, to injure.
  • do violence toTo gravely harm.
  • hurtTo cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
  • injureTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  • maulTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
  • put someone in hospital UKTo injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
  • scaith ScotlandTo injure; to wound.
  • scatheTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
  • wet slangTo kill or seriously injure.
  • woundTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
  • agonize
  • dere British, dialectalTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • excruciateTo inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
  • irritate
  • pangTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
  • pine
  • rack
  • annoy archaicTo molest; to harm; to injure.
  • damnify obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.
  • forwork archaicTo do wrong to; injure; scathe.
  • grieve archaicTo harm.
  • mayhem archaicTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.
  • misdo archaicTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
  • vulnerate archaicTo wound, cause to become vulnerable.
  • ache literary, rare
  • throe obsolete

Meaning of harrow

  1. noun A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
  2. noun An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
  3. verb To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.

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Questions about synonyms of harrow

What is another word for harrow?
Harrow has 50 synonyms on Word.ws, such as trouble, distress, hurt, damage, harm, torment, wound and harry.
What does harrow mean?
Harrow means a device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

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