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tormenting
tor·ment T0277500 (tôr′mĕnt′)n.1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.tr.v. (tôr-mĕnt′, tôr′mĕnt′) tor·ment·ed, tor·ment·ing, tor·ments 1. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See Synonyms at afflict.2. To annoy, pester, or harass: tormented by the children's pleas to be taken to the mall.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.]
tor·ment′ing·ly adv.ThesaurustormentingadjectiveExtraordinarily painful or distressing:agonizing, anguishing, excruciating, harrowing, torturous.tormenting
Related to tormenting: eased, fall off, in favor, sufferersSynonyms for tormentingadj extraordinarily painful or distressingSynonyms- agonizing
- anguishing
- excruciating
- harrowing
- torturous
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