Meaning

1 senses
  1. Causing great grief or agony; painful; agonising

Origin

From torment + -uous.

From torment + -uous.

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Forms

more tormentuous, most tormentuous
Comparativemore tormentuous Lesson
Superlativemost tormentuous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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