tormenting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb torment emotionally or mentally
    torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
  2. verb treat cruelly
    bedevil; rag; crucify; dun; frustrate; torment.
    • The children tormented the stuttering teacher
  3. verb subject to torture
    torment; excruciate; torture.
    • The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

WordNet

Tor*ment"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. -- Tor*ment"ing*ly, adv.

Webster 1913