tormenting

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adjective

Involving or causing torment.

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tormentous
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of torment
adjectivetormenting (comparative more tormenting, superlative most tormenting)

comparative more tormenting · superlative most tormenting

  1. Involving or causing torment.

    Synonyms: tormentous

nountormenting (plural tormentings)

plural tormentings

  1. The act by which somebody is tormented.

    If Laura really entertained the hope she mentioned, she was miserably disappointed; for Lady Pelham remitted not a jot of her tormentings.

    1832, Mary Brunton, Self Control, page 335

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveInvolving or causing torment.

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tormentous
Also see
agonizingailsomehellishpainablepainfultormentoustormentuous

Translations

Spanish atormentante
  • atormentanteTranslations
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APA

tormenting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormenting

MLA

“tormenting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormenting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tormenting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormenting.

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