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Adjective

Intensely or unbearably painful

Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

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

Excessive, as results from obsession

Tempting, especially that which is beyond reach

Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry

Noun

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

Teasing

Verb

Present participle for annoy or provoke in an unkind way

Present participle for cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering

Present participle for to suffocate a person's space as if to coerce them to do something

Present participle for to execute vengeance

Present participle for fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of

Present participle for suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs

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Adjective

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Intensely or unbearably painful

“… a tormenting injury.”

Adjective

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Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

afflicting

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

unsavory^US

grueling^US

unsavoury^UK

gruelling^UK

easier said than done

labored^US

laboured^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

humourless^UK

sombre^UK

humorless^US

somber^US

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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“It was a tormenting moment as they helplessly watched the other team score in the final seconds of the game.”

Adjective

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

with a heart of stone

grey^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

gray^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

having a killer instinct

proof against persuasion

humourless^UK

humorless^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

sticking to one's guns

locked in

standing one's ground

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

knock-down-and-drag-out

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Adjective

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Excessive, as results from obsession

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Adjective

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Tempting, especially that which is beyond reach

Adjective

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Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry

enough to drive you up the wall

enough to try the patience of a saint

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Noun

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

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

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Noun

Teasing

humour^UK

humor^US

offences^UK

offenses^US

pleasant conversation

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Verb

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Present participle for annoy or provoke in an unkind way

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

putting through wringer

driving up the wall

giving a hard time

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

rubbing salt in wound

terrorizing^US

giving someone a hard time

tyrannizing^US

terrorising^UK

tyrannising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

discriminating against

getting on your nerves

brutalizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

brutalising^UK

criticizing^US

riding roughshod over

bumming out

making fun of

mishandling

driving round the bend

taking the piss out of

criticising^UK

giving someone the hump

bending someone's ear

taking the mickey out of

making someone see red

breathing down someone's neck

satirizing^US

causing discomfort to

satirising^UK

putting off

stirring up

roiling

driving round the twist

making things hot for someone

possessing

dissatisfying

using strong-arm tactics on

inflicting suffering on

inflicting anguish on

driving someone up the wall

getting in one's hair

getting under one's skin

putting the squeeze on

hitting where one lives

eating at

getting on one's nerves

beating down

issuing threats to

twisting someone's arm

tearing to pieces

scaring the bejesus out of

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

tyrannizing over

hurting one's feelings

ruling with a rod of iron

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

bringing pressure to bear on

causing to panic

messing with

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

driving to distraction

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

giving someone the pip

pushing someone around

driving you up the wall

finding fault

disappointing

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

dishonoring^US

preying on one's mind

knocking

putting into a flap

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

getting on the nerves of

giving someone the works

doing an injustice to

getting in the hair of

making severe demands on

causing someone distress

hurting somebody's feelings

bringing someone to heel

bringing under the yoke

stepping on the toes of

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

rubbing the wrong way

getting in someone's hair

setting on

trying someone's patience

getting across someone

putting someone out

making blood boil

making someone's blood boil

hacking someone off

getting on someone's nerves

sending into a rage

taking a rise out of

putting someone's back up

trying one's patience

getting a rise out of

setting one off

getting someone's back up

making it hot for someone

putting the fear of God into

scaring to death

frightening out of your wits

putting the frighteners on

holding up to ridicule

hurting the feelings of

searching high heaven

having someone do something

putting the screws on

treating with contempt

jumping on one's case

giving one the business

staying with

coming back

leaving no stone unturned

messing around

pulling someone's leg

dictating to

immolating

using

demonizing^US

pulling somebody's leg

leading somebody on

playing the heavy with

demonising^UK

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

labouring^UK

having your knife into

keeping someone hanging on

making someone's mouth water

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

making someone fed up

degrading

debasing

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

reducing to tears

decreasing

demoralising^UK

making your heart bleed

becoming an obsession with

having a hold on

admonishing

having someone under your thumb

making threats against

wrestling with oneself

laboring^US

causing to lose concentration

going through the mill

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

Verb

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Present participle for cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering

afflicting

distressing

torturing

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

inflicting anguish on

taking the heart out of

breaking the heart of

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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

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Present participle for to suffocate a person's space as if to coerce them to do something

Verb

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Present participle for to execute vengeance

pulverising^UK

pulverizing^US

vaporising^UK

vaporizing^US

Verb

Present participle for fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of

Verb

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Present participle for suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs

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