tor'mentingly

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torment
 
vb
1.  to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
2.  to tease or pester in an annoying way: stop tormenting the dog
 
n
3.  physical or mental pain
4.  a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc
5.  archaic an instrument of torture
6.  archaic the infliction of torture
 
[C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre]
 
tor'mented
 
adj
 
tor'mentedly
 
adv
 
tor'menting
 
adj, —n
 
tor'mentingly
 
adv

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