Synonyms for harrow
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Torment — to break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate
torment, wound, torture, pain, hurt, rack, anguish, wring, damage, irritate, agonize, agonise UK, harm, excruciate, sting, pang, aggrieve, ache formal rare
2. Drag — to traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex
drag, distress, harry, afflict, trouble, lacerate, harass, vex, rend
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- v. 2
To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
- n. 1
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.
Related words
- Word family
- harrowing
Example sentences
- harm This kind of magazine can do harm to young people.
- anguish The source of my anguish is your lack of loyalty.
- trouble The word processor will save you a lot of trouble.
- harry Harry is working under the direction of an expert.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| harrow | falling | |
| harm | rising | |
| anguish | rising | |
| excruciate | steady | |
| trouble | rising | |
| harry | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- vex1
- 4 letters
- pain1, hurt1, harm1, drag1, disc1, disk1, rack1, ache1, pang1, rend
- 5 letters
- harry2, wound1, sting1, wring1
- 6 letters
- damage2, harass2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, torture2, torment2, anguish2, afflict2, agonize3, agonise
- 8 letters
- distress2, irritate3, lacerate3, aggrieve2
- 10 letters
- excruciate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (harry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- herser