- Tormenting
- Tormenting Tor*ment"ing, a. Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. -- {Tor*ment"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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Tormenting
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tormenting — index caustic, painful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tormenting — Torment Tor*ment , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.] 1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. Art thou come hither … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tormenting — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, aggravating, agonizing, annoying, atrocious, biting, bothering, bothersome, chafing, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating,… … Moby Thesaurus
tormenting — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Extraordinarily painful or distressing: agonizing, anguishing, excruciating, harrowing, torturous. See PAIN … English dictionary for students
tormenting — sb. St Andrew, 57 … Oldest English Words
tormenting — tor·ment || tÉ”r ment /tÉ”Ë n. torture, pain, suffering, anguish v. torture, agonize, persecute … English contemporary dictionary
tormenting — tormentˈing noun and adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑torment … Useful english dictionary
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting — Jane Collier s An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753), a conduct book, was her first work. The Essay operates as a satirical advice book on how to nag and it was modeled after Jonathan Swift s satirical essays. The work is intended… … Wikipedia
self-tormenting — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : tormenting oneself or marked by self torment * * * self tormentˈing adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑self … Useful english dictionary
self-tormenting — self′ torment′ing adj … From formal English to slang
