tormenting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Tormenting \Tor*ment"ing\, a. Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. -- Tor*ment"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2.To pain; to distress; to afflict. [1913 Webster]
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.— Matt. viii. 6.[1913 Webster]
3.To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
4.To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air." --Milton. [1913 Webster]