Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tormentous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-men-tous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Before thee stalks inexorable Fate, And grasps impailing nails and wedges dread, The hook tormentous and the melted lead."
"[I]ts greed gave us years tormentous and horrible, like those of Ferdinand VII."
"Few adults could have survived the tormentous, agonizing heartbreak Jimmy endured."
"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."

Etymology

From torment + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: torment

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more tormentous (comparative) most tormentous (superlative)

Synonyms

tormenting torturous

Questions

What does tormentous mean?: Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.
Where does tormentous come from?: From torment + -ous.

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