The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tormenting \Tor*ment"ing\, a.
Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. --
Tor*ment"ing*ly, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
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3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
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4. To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main
wing, tormented all the air." --Milton.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "tormenting":
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