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Meaning of "tormentingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TORMENTINGLY

tormentingly  [tɔːˈmentɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORMENTINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tormentingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES TORMENTINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tormentingly in the English dictionary

The definition of tormentingly in the dictionary is in a tormenting manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TORMENTINGLY


assentingly
əˈsentɪŋlɪ
cantingly
ˈkæntɪŋlɪ
consentingly
kənˈsɛntɪŋlɪ
dauntingly
ˈdɔːntɪŋlɪ
disappointingly
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋlɪ
disenchantingly
ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋlɪ
dissentingly
dɪˈsentɪŋlɪ
enchantingly
ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋlɪ
flauntingly
ˈflɔːntɪŋlɪ
hauntingly
ˈhɔːntɪŋlɪ
lamentingly
ləˈmɛntɪŋlɪ
pantingly
ˈpæntɪŋlɪ
rantingly
ˈræntɪŋlɪ
repentingly
rɪˈpɛntɪŋlɪ
resentingly
rɪˈzɛntɪŋlɪ
slantingly
ˈslɑːntɪŋlɪ
tauntingly
ˈtɔːntɪŋlɪ
unrelentingly
ˌʌnrɪˈlentɪŋlɪ
unstintingly
ʌnˈstɪntɪŋlɪ
vauntingly
ˈvɔːntɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TORMENTINGLY

toric lens
Tories
torii
Torino
torment
tormented
tormentedly
tormenter
tormentil
tormenting
tormentor
tormentum
tormina
torminal
torminous
torn
tornadic
tornado
tornado-like
tornillo

WORDS THAT END LIKE TORMENTINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of tormentingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tormentingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TORMENTINGLY

Find out the translation of tormentingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tormentingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tormentingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tormentingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atormentadoramente
570 millions of speakers

English

tormentingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tormentingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tormentingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мучительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tormentingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tormentingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horriblement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesakitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

quälend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tormentingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tormentingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tormentingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tormentingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tormentingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कष्टाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tormentingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tormentingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tormentingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

болісно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tormentingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tormentingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tormentingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tormentingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tormentingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tormentingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TORMENTINGLY»

The term «tormentingly» is used very little and occupies the 180.160 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TORMENTINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tormentingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tormentingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tormentingly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORMENTINGLY»

Discover the use of tormentingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tormentingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hegel, Freedom, and Modernity
Perhaps the reason Hegel is so tormentingly vague about the relation of his phenomenological dialectic to his logical dialectic,3 never giving us a very clear account of their identity and difference, is that he is so preoccupied with the refutation ...
Merold Westphal, 1992
2
The Story of Esther Costello
The charmed, moving, useless phrases began to slide into his brain, creeping from the air, rustling like spiders: the phrases which he would never now set down, and which must go to waste even as they formed tormentingly within his mind.
Nicholas Monsarrat, 2000
3
A FEAST OF ROSES
Through all this, the only one constant was Khalifa. The princess pushed Khusrau to lean against the divan, picked up his book, and began to read to him. He heard the wonders of spring and heard how the line he had so tormentingly read ...
Indu Sundaresan, 2013
4
The Devil and Other Stories
Again I went to look at the sleepers, and again I tried to go to sleep. Always the same horror: red, white, and square. Something was tearing that could not be torn apart. A tormenting, tormentingly dry and spiteful feeling, not a touch of kindness, ...
Leo Tolstoy, Richard F. Gustafson, 2003
5
The American Essays
The university air soothed, but never smothered; Europe was near enough to touch, but not tormentingly to overlap; the intimate friends were more excellent than numerous, the college feasts just recurrent enough to keep wit in exercise, and ...
Henry James, Leon Edel, 1956
6
Victors and Lords
... them, settling tormentingly upon their open sores. He watched them, shocked and puzzled, as Lord Cardigan's aide, rousing himself reluctantly, murmured something in an apologetic voice and crossed the intervening space towards the  ...
V. A. Stuart, 2001
7
A Bodyguard for Christmas / The Man from Nowhere (Mills & ...
But when his temper stirred, the blue turned wicked, stormy. And tormentingly, just as enticing. “Clever argument. Tricky clever.” His mouth skimmed her cheek, nibbled on her top lip. “Baby, you're sweet.” “I am?” Suddenly, her throat went dry,  ...
Donna Young, Rachel Lee, 2010
8
Henry James: letters to A. C. Benson and Auguste Monod; now ...
The Reform Club, Monday p.m. MY DEAR ARTHUR, It would be a joy, but I have to feel that it's tormentingly impossible. I shall not be here on Easter Sunday — I am obliged to go down to Rye on the previous Tuesday or Wednesday. Great is ...
9
Tycho Brahe's Path to God: A Novel
The last sentence which the Emperor had uttered was absolutely correct, was painfully, tormentingly true. Why should he not have nodded? The Emperor's words were correct. There was no doubt that Kepler was Tycho's scientific opponent.
Max Brod, 2007
10
In the Land of Oz
Except that where Olympus was impossibly remote, a hierarchy not for mortal men to aspire to, the Swan River is tormentingly proximate. And it is that – the sheer apparent accessibility of all the symbols of success – which holds 178 In the ...
Howard Jacobson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORMENTINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tormentingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greece, France and Germany: Three Losers in One Negotiation
Alexis Tsipras, after a tormentingly long negotiation process which eventually led to the shuttering of Greece's banks and the country's descent into economic ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
London: Bright lights, big city
... Lee, never have I seen a show that is such a triumph for emotional and sexual pizzazz; even the orchestra oozed it with such force it was tormentingly good. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
American Hogwarts Is Probably Hidden In One Of These 7 Places
But against its tormentingly bland landscape speckled with -- Who knows? Barns? Stray cattle? -- an American Hogwarts would stick out like a sore Hippogriff. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
Isle of Wight festival: Jagger, McCartney and the backstage secrets
... since his peppy hit Happy set up home on our radio airwaves, but Pharrell's guaranteed to get a field on its feet with his string of tormentingly catchy choruses. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Mansfield Town blog: Letting former Conference title winners depart …
Firstly tormentingly asking if we'd like to see a signing, then revealing that the i's had been dotted and the t's had been crossed. And then he emerged. «Mansfield Chad, May 15»
6
Why West Ham v Everton is the biggest match of the weekend
A happy ending is still salvageable and will indeed be tormentingly close if they beat Everton, though if the match goes with form – the Toffees have won five of ... «Footballpools.com, May 15»
7
Hot Docs 2015 Interview: Rodney Ascher On Living THE NIGHTMARE
There's no shortage of theories as to why those afflicted suffer from tormentingly lucid accounts of unsettlingly perplexing otherness, often physically weighing ... «TwitchFilm, May 15»
8
Get Back In Your Box
... jumped to his feet, and on the way out of the room, gazed upon the consultants and uttered the tormentingly shallow line, "let's all think outside of the box.". «thephuketinsider.com, Apr 15»
9
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole review – fascinating tales about the …
... reality, the distorted Alice in Wonderland world to which the title refers and in which neurological patients are wont to find themselves tormentingly trapped. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
10
'The Wall,' by HG Adler
Even when it is absent, its influence is tormentingly theatrical, as when a pair of pallbearers come with a hearse to take Landau to be cremated. He refuses to go, ... «New York Times, Dec 14»

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