Causing pain or distress.
The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.
Suffering, torment.
Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
Incisive; penetrating; piercing.
Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
Piquant, pungent.