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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tormenting en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Involving or causing torment.

Forms

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most tormenting Degree=Sup lexicographic
more tormenting Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

tormentingness · tormentingly

Synonyms

tormentous

Translations (1)

es atormentante (Translations)

tormenting en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The act by which somebody is tormented.
    • If Laura really entertained the hope she mentioned, she was miserably disappointed; for Lady Pelham remitted not a jot of her tormentings. 1832, Mary Brunton, Self Control, page 335:

Forms

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tormentings Number=Plur lexicographic

tormenting en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of torment
    form of torment