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Webster 1913 Edition


Tormenting

Tor-ment′ing

,
Adj.
Causing torment;
as, a
tormenting
dream
.
Tor-ment′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tormenting

TORMENT'ING

,
ppr.
Paining to an extreme degree; inflicting severe distress and anguish; teasing; vexing.

TORMENT'ING

,
Noun.
In agriculture, an imperfect sort of horse-hoeing.

Definition 2024


tormenting

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.