Horrible and Tormenting

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Horrible adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.

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Tormenting and horrible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tormenting" instead an adjective "Horrible".

Nearby Words: horrid, horror, horrify, horribly

Tormenting adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.

Usage example: it was a tormenting moment as they helplessly watched the other team score in the final seconds of the game

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Horrible and tormenting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Horrible" instead an adjective "Tormenting".

Nearby Words: torment, tormented, tormentor

In the last episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog, Courage develops self-esteem issues that manifest in the form of a Sadist Teacher that immediately starts tormenting the poor dog and criticizing everything he does, and giving him horrible nightmares.

Source: Sadist Teacher
The main story line of the game allows you to pick an evil character and do horrible things on your quest to achieve ultimate power and rule the universe with an iron fist, tormenting mortals.

Source: Evil Versus Evil / Video Games
This is a frequent criticism of Season 22, which dealt primarily with Darker and Edgier storylines about various groups of horrible and selfish people tormenting each other with the Doctor stuck in the middle.

Source: Darkness Induced Audience Apathy / Live-Action TV

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