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tormentingly
Variant of torment
noun
- Obsolete an instrument of torture or the torture inflicted
- great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony
- a source of pain, anxiety, or annoyance
transitive verb
- Rare to torture
- to cause great physical pain or mental anguish in
- to annoy, harass, or tease
- Obsolete to stir up; agitate
Related Forms:
- tormentingly adverb
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