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peinigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  • harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
  • persecute verb To treat someone cruelly or unfairly over a long period, often because of their race, religion, or beliefs.
  • torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.

Senses

peinigen is used for these senses in English:

  • distress To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
  • harrow (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
  • persecute To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
  • torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

distress — full definition

  1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.

harrow — full definition

  1. noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
  2. verb To deeply upset or torment someone.

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