tormentuous
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tormentuous (comparative more tormentuous, superlative most tormentuous)
- Causing great grief or agony; painful; agonising
- 2009, Alvin J. Moore, Visions of a Self-Named Prophet:
- Although, it is not a handshake I would readily reciprocate because my waking to such comprehension has been and is used for tormentuous affliction and mind control.
- 2012, C.H. Spurgeon, Spurgeon:
- Having brought the dead soul to life, the Spirit comes like fire in its terrible and tormentuous power, to purify the regenerate sinner.