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tormentive

tormentive adjective: tormenting.

Adjective

tormentive (comparative more tormentive, superlative most tormentive)

  1. tormenting
    • And oh how stingingly acute, and pungently grievous and tormentive, are the remembrancing Reflections of a separate uncloathed Soul in the other World, upon a review of its mad Choice, foolish Hopes, fruitless Desires […]1703, Lawrence Smith, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, page 143
    • “172 Woolmore Street, Mrs Catherine Wright, aged 57,” Juan spoke slowly, taking pleasure in observing the tormentive effects these words had on the young man in front of him.2018, Charles Jing, The Rage of All Fears

Forms of tormentive

comparativemore tormentive
superlativemost tormentive

Questions about tormentive

What does tormentive mean?
Tormentive means tormenting.
What part of speech is tormentive?
Tormentive is an adjective.

Words near tormentive in the dictionary

  1. tormentils
  2. tormenting
  3. tormentingly
  4. tormentingness
  5. tormentings
  6. tormentive
  7. tormentless
  8. tormentor
  9. tormentors
  10. tormentour
  11. tormentours

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