Tormenting and Tolerable

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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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Tolerable is an antonym for tormenting.

Nearby Words: torment, tormented, tormentor

Tolerable adjective - Capable of being endured.

Usage example: stubbing your toe is at least a more tolerable pain than breaking your foot

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Tormenting is an antonym for tolerable.

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