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单词 tormenting
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Definition of tormenting in English:

tormenting

adjectivetɔːˈmɛntɪŋˈtɔrmɛn(t)ɪŋ

  • Inflicting severe physical or mental suffering.

    peace from his tormenting thoughts
    tormenting demons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Though he had not suffered physically during the war, he appeared to be carrying a tormenting burden.
    • Those tormenting red eyes were hovering above me.
    • He let out tormenting cries.
    • Her struggle is presented as though it were a tormenting process of personal redemption.
    • I had tormenting dreams.

Derivatives

  • tormentingly

    • adverbtɔːˈmɛntɪŋlitɔrˈmɛn(t)ɪŋli
    • "Wakie, wakie." he said tormentingly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Two blue-bottle flies buzzed tormentingly about in the drawing room.
      • The metal stirrups were tormentingly cold to her bare feet.
      • The river rises to swallow everything around; its rise painfully, tormentingly gradual like a torturous, emaciating death.
      • He was tormentingly tense and uneasy.

Definition of tormenting in US English:

tormenting

adjectiveˈtɔrmɛn(t)ɪŋˈtôrmen(t)iNG

  • Inflicting severe physical or mental suffering.

    peace from his tormenting thoughts
    tormenting demons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had tormenting dreams.
    • He let out tormenting cries.
    • Her struggle is presented as though it were a tormenting process of personal redemption.
    • Those tormenting red eyes were hovering above me.
    • Though he had not suffered physically during the war, he appeared to be carrying a tormenting burden.
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