What is another word for tormenting ?

Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

more than flesh and blood can stand

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

Causing great pain or anguish

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

humourless^UK

sombre^UK

humorless^US

somber^US

gray^US

grey^UK

unfavorable^US

colourless^UK

colorless^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

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Adjective

(of a person or governing body) Cruel or severe in nature

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

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Adjective

Excessive, as results from obsession

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Adjective

Tempting, especially that which is beyond reach

Adjective

enough to drive you up the wall

Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry

enough to try the patience of a saint

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Adjective

Requiring great effort or exertion

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

laboured^UK

labored^US

easier said than done

sombre^UK

somber^US

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Noun

demanding money with menaces

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

fulfilment^UK

putting into practice

fulfillment^US

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Noun

Teasing

good-humoured mockery

pulling someone's chain

rancor^US

rancour^UK

offense^US

offence^UK

backhanded compliment

humour^UK

humor^US

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Verb

Present participle for annoy or provoke in an unkind way

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

leading someone a merry dance

putting through wringer

driving up the wall

giving a hard time

playing cat and mouse

rubbing salt in wound

giving someone a hard time

tyrannizing^US

terrorizing^US

tyrannising^UK

terrorising^UK

getting on your nerves

discriminating against

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

driving round the bend

rubbing up the wrong way

riding roughshod over

criticizing^US

bending someone's ear

causing discomfort to

burning

having a down on

blustering

giving someone the hump

criticising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

driving round the twist

making someone see red

enforcing

making things hot for someone

using strong-arm tactics on

inflicting suffering on

putting the squeeze on

putting the screws on

eating away at

rattling one's cage

flipping out

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

getting under one's skin

flooring

insisting on

getting someone down

getting in one's hair

hitting where one lives

eating at

treating harshly

getting on one's nerves

beating down

issuing threats to

twisting someone's arm

tearing to pieces

getting in someone's hair

scaring the bejesus out of

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's wick

tyrannizing over

hurting one's feelings

making someone's blood boil

getting on someone's nerves

knocking for six

getting someone's back up

walking all over

urging

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

laboring^US

labouring^UK

driving to distraction

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

taking the mickey out of

giving someone the pip

sapping

stretching

exhausting

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's hackles up

getting someone's dander up

getting up someone's nose

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

barracking

booing

smarting

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

inflicting anguish on

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

breaking in

putting on the rack

giving someone the works

pushing someone around

disappointing

buffaloing

overawing

driving you up the wall

tiring

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

shouting down

preying on one's mind

putting into a flap

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

jumping on one's case

giving one the business

scouting

curdling

scratching

getting in the hair of

bringing pressure to bear on

dishonoring^US

hurting somebody's feelings

making a scene

scaring off

tiring out

making severe demands on

breaking the heart of

searching high heaven

causing someone distress

doing an injustice to

taking the heart out of

brainwashing

hurting the feelings of

filling with terror

making it hot for someone

putting the fear of God into

scaring to death

frightening out of your wits

putting the frighteners on

rubbing the wrong way

setting on

getting across someone

putting someone's back up

trying one's patience

getting a rise out of

stepping on the toes of

subjecting

demoralizing^US

prevailing on

having someone do something

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

ruling with a rod of iron

bringing under the yoke

playing the heavy with

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

making your heart bleed

keeping someone hanging on

making someone's mouth water

demonizing^US

becoming an obsession with

making threats against

demonising^UK

having your knife into

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“My older brother used to torment me by singing it to me.”

Verb

Present participle for cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering

afflicting

distressing

torturing

inflicting anguish on

besetting

anguishing

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

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“Their most profound was a poison that could put a person in great physical pain, then torment them with past woes.”

Verb

looking down your nose at

Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

taking the mickey out of

pulling someone's leg

leading on

flirting with

poking borak at

pulling somebody's leg

swipeing at

leading somebody on

taking the piss out of

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

holding up to ridicule

treating with contempt

treating contemptuously

making a monkey out of

laughing out of court

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

blowing raspberries at

regarding with contempt

turning up your nose at

turning up one's nose

making a laughing-stock

playing a practical joke

pulling someone's chain

look down one's nose at

taking the mickey

turning your nose up at

playing a prank

crushing

commenting negatively

thumbing one's nose at

doing an impression of

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

shouting disapproval at

making someone a laughing stock

libeling^US

libelling^UK

dishonoring^US

giving someone a hard time

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting someone's feelings

throwing shade

stepping on one's toes

cutting to the quick

casting aspersions on

calling someone names

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

turning down

considering beneath you

curling your lip at

considering beneath one

spitting in the eye of

turning back on

spitting in the face of

giving the Bronx cheer to

messing someone around

making a monkey out of someone

messing someone about

having someone on

rotting someone

playing a joke

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Verb

Present participle for to oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority

Verb

Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

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