Both Uses of
harrowing
in
A Room With A View
- "And what is it?" asked Lucy fearfully, expecting some harrowing tale.†
Chpt 2 *
- His voice suggested sympathetic reproof but at the same time indicated that a few harrowing details would not be unacceptable.†
Chpt 5
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."