tormenting
tormenting (adj.): perh. crūdēlis; ăcerbus, ăcerbissimus (afflictive, very painful, cruel): v. PAINFUL , CRUEL . Or expr. by phr.: t. fears, metûs cruciatus; metus quo cruciatur animus: v. TO TORMENT . T. pains, faces dolorum, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.