tormenting

English

Verb

tormenting

  1. present participle of torment

Adjective

tormenting (comparative more tormenting, superlative most tormenting)

  1. Involving or causing torment.

Synonyms

Noun

tormenting (plural tormentings)

  1. The act by which somebody is tormented.
    • 1832, Mary Brunton, Self Control, page 335:
      If Laura really entertained the hope she mentioned, she was miserably disappointed; for Lady Pelham remitted not a jot of her tormentings.
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