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New Word Suggestion. To cause extreme unbearable physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pain.

Tormentous definition: (rare, dated) Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.

5 дней назад · great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: endure torment The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse.

1. extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony; She wrung her hands piteously together, looking like a soul in torment.

to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches. Synonyms: agonize, distress, vex, hector, harry

tormentuous (comparative more tormentuous, superlative most tormentuous). Causing great grief or agony; painful; agonising.

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tormentous. Etymology. From torment + -ous. Adjective. tormentous. (rare, dated) Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.