tormenting
Inflicting persistent suffering
Tormenting describes causing severe physical or mental suffering, or the state of being subjected to it.
A tormenting memory won't leave you alone.
A tormenting itch demands attention.
The word suggests persistent, nagging distress rather than a single blow: The tormenting uncertainty of waiting for test results kept her awake.
Inflicting severe pain deliberately
- anguishingCausing severe mental distress
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- plaguingAfflicting persistently
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
mocking · ridiculing · goading · baiting · teasing · needling · provoking · antagonizing
Inflicting severe pain deliberately
- hurtingFeeling pain or distress
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- abusingHarming through misuse
mistreating · maltreating · brutalizing · afflicting · harming · injuring · flogging · whipping
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- cyberbullyingDigital intimidation of others
- mobbingCollective harassment behavior
badgering · hounding · pestering · harassing · intimidating · threatening · nagging · hectoring
torturing
Inflicting severe pain deliberately
- anguishingCausing severe mental distress
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- plaguingAfflicting persistently
taunting · mocking · ridiculing · goading · baiting · teasing · needling · provoking · antagonizing · bedeviling
torturing
Inflicting severe pain deliberately
- hurtingFeeling pain or distress
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
abusing · mistreating · maltreating · brutalizing · afflicting · harming · injuring · flogging · whipping · racking
bullying
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- cyberbullyingDigital intimidation of others
mobbing · badgering · hounding · pestering · harassing · intimidating · threatening · nagging · hectoring · hazing
possessing
Having as property
- bedevilingPersistently tormenting someone
- cursingUsing profane language
- hexingCasting malevolent magic
haunting · tormenter · demon · devil · hellish · infernal · fiendish · diabolical · exorcism · poltergeist
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- irritatingannoying, aggravating, bothersome, exasperating, frustrating
- harassment tacticsharassment, hounding, pestering, badgering, nagging
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
- infernalhellish, demonic, diabolical, satanic, devilish
tormentingcomforting
Giving emotional ease
soothing · calming · consoling · pleasing · reassuring
tormentingbearable
Able to be endured
endurable · tolerable · manageable · sufferable · mild
tormentingnurturing
Supportive care-giving
caring · cherishing · protecting · tending · comforting