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Synonyms & Antonyms of tormenting
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
- it was a tormenting moment as they helplessly watched the other team score in the final seconds of the game
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2
intensely or unbearably painful
- a tormenting injury
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tormenting
verbpresent participle of torment
Synonyms & Antonyms of tormenting (Entry 2 of 2)
to cause persistent suffering to
- he was tormented by nightmares about the accident
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- aggravating,
- agitating,
- annoying,
- bothering,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- griping,
- hagriding,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- molesting,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rasping,
- riling,
- vexing
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