Tormentous vs Tormentors - What's the difference?
tormentous | tormentors |
(rare, dated) Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd ed., 2005.
* 1756 , (author), "Ode 35: To Fortune" in A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace ,
* 1870 , The Annual Register, Volume 111 ,
* 1960 May, "The Loneliest Boy on Capital Hill", Ebony , vol. 15, no. 7,
* 2006 , Jubil Olebode Aka, Blacks Greatest Homeland: Nigeria Is Born Again , ISBN 9780595388974,
As an adjective tormentous
is (rare|dated) involving or causing torment; having the nature of tortureoxford english dictionary , 3rd ed, 2005.As a noun tormentors is
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(en adjective)p. 129 (Google preview):
- Before thee stalks inexorable Fate,
- And grasps impailing nails and wedges dread,
- The hook tormentous and the melted lead.
p. 264 (Google preview):
- [I]ts greed gave us years tormentous and horrible, like those of Ferdinand VII.
p. 58 (Google preview):
- Few adults could have survived the tormentous , agonizing heartbreak Jimmy endured.
p. 12 (Google preview):
- 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.