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Tormenting

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The act by which somebody is tormented.

Equivalents

Españolatormentante
العربيةالتّعذيب
2 more languages

Examples

“If Laura really entertained the hope⟳ she mentioned, she was miserably disappointed; for Lady Pelham remitted not a jot of her tormentings.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

tormentingness Tormentor Tormentors tormentous tormentress tormentrix

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