'Tormenting' definitions:
Definition of 'Tormenting'
From: GCIDE
- Tormenting \Tor*ment"ing\, a. Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. -- {Tor*ment"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tormenting'
From: GCIDE
- 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 to torment us before our time? " --Matt. viii. 29. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pain; to distress; to afflict. [1913 Webster]
- Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. --Matt. viii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tormenting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- afflictive,
- aggravating,
- agonizing,
- annoying,
- atrocious,
- biting,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- chafing,
- consuming,
- cramping,
- cruel,
- desolating,
- disquieting,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- excruciating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- gnawing,
- grave,
- griping,
- harassing,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- heartsickening,
- heartwounding,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- importunate,
- importune,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- painful,
- paroxysmal,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- piercing,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- poignant,
- provoking,
- pungent,
- racking,
- rending,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- tearing,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- torturing,
- torturous,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- upsetting,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- worrisome,
- worrying