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(rare, dated) Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture..
Before thee stalks inexorable Fate, And grasps impailing nails and wedges dread, The hook tormentous and the melted lead.
Few adults could have survived the tormentous, agonizing heartbreak Jimmy endured.
[I]ts greed gave us years tormentous and horrible, like those of Ferdinand VII.
In Nigeria in particular and Africa generally, there is no winter, no heat-wave, no iceberg, no volcanoes, no hail storms, no devastating wild fires, no tormentous tornadoes or thunderstorms, no deadly floods.
Use tormentous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tormentous means (rare, dated) Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture..
Common synonyms include tormenting, torturous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Before thee stalks inexorable Fate, And grasps impailing nails and wedges dread, The hook tormentous and the melted lead.
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