tormenting

English

Verb

tormenting

1. present participle and gerund of torment

Adjective

tormenting (comparative more tormenting, superlative most tormenting)

1. Involving or causing torment.

Synonyms

• tormentous

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.