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tormenting

adjective C2
  1. Involving or causing torment.
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A Hedgehog, passing by, saw his anguish and inquired if he should drive away the flies that were tormenting him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 60 · B2
“I do assure you, sir, that I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 126 · B2

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