Both Uses of
harrowing
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Strange and harrowing must be his story, frightful the storm which embraced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it—thus!†
p. 32.8 *
- I was aware also that I should often lose all self-command, all capacity of hiding the harrowing sensations that would possess me during the progress of my unearthly occupation.†
p. 157.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(harrowing as in: a harrowing story) frightening or unsettling
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, harrowing can mean breaking apart soil on a farm. Even more rarely (and archaically), it can mean harrying or harassing as in: "We are harrowing their army as they advance northward."