† tormentfuladj.
Obsolete.
Full of, or fraught with torment.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective]
anguishous?c1225
wounding?c1225
asperc1374
derflya1400
rending?c1400
furiousc1405
fretting1413
piercingc1450
anguish1477
piquant1521
anguishing?1566
plaguing1566
asperous?1567
agonizing1570
tormenting1575
wringing1576
cutting1582
tormentous1583
tormentful1596
tormentuous1597
racking1598
torturous1600
lacerating1609
torturing1611
tearinga1616
heart-aching1620
breast-rending1625
crucifying1648
tormentative1654
martyring?a1656
tormentive1655
discruciating1658
cruciatory1660
anguishful1685
brain-racking1708
probing1749
agonized1793
anguished1803
harrowing1810
vulnerary1821
grinding1869
torturesome1889
wrenching1889
tortuous1922
1596 R. Linche Certaine Sonnets in Diella sig. C4v My most tormentfull case.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 31) Carefulness is a tormentful plodding upon businesses.
a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1704) IX. 394 In what nature soever they [sc. //malice, envy, revenge] are, they are as vexatious and tormentful to it self, as they are troublesome and mischievous to others.
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