tormenting [tɔ: 'mentiŋ, 'tɔ: m-]
adj.
使痛苦的, 使苦恼的
Tormenting \Tor*ment"ing\, a.
Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. --
{Tor*ment"ing*ly}, adv.
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.
2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.
- Dressed in 'Christer' garb, they continue to reappear, tormenting him with their quiet, inexorable presence, otherwise completely unthreatening.
- Lyndon B. Johnson sometimes seemed bent on non-stop news conferences, indoors and out, until Vietnam policy became an overriding and tormenting issue.
- At first, Dan's secret was small and shameful. Then it festered and grew and took on a life of its own, tormenting its keeper until it controlled his every waking hour.