The Only Use of
harrowing
in
The Catcher in the Rye
- Apparently before he phoned me he'd just had a long, rather harrowing letter from your latest headmaster, to the effect that you were making absolutely no effort at all.
p. 242.1harrowing = unsettling
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."