harrowing vs saccharine

harrowing

noun
  • Suffering, torment. 

  • 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. 

  • Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction. 

adj
  • Causing pain or distress. 

saccharine

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

adj
  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

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