Word: tormenting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tor
men
ting
Definition: The act by which somebody is tormented.
Morphemes:
Affix: torment
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tormentum
Language: la
Decoded: tormentum
Meaning: something operated by twisting
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.