tormenting

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tormenting

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of torment

adjective more tormenting · most tormenting

Involving or causing torment.
Similar: tormentous

noun tormentings

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.

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Español	atormentante

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@misc{tormenting_2026,
  title = {tormenting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tormenting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}