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