Word: tormentous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: tor
men
tous
Definition: Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.
Morphemes:
Affix: torment
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tormentum
Language: la
Decoded: tormentum
Meaning: something operated by twisting
Affix: -ous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
Meaning: full, full of