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tormenting

/tɔrˈmɛntɪŋ/
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noun

苦くしめる

解説 Definition

tormenting は torment(ひどく苦しめる)の現在分詞・動名詞です。人に強い身体的・精神的苦痛を与える動作や、その行為自体を表します。

The present participle or gerund of torment, referring to causing someone severe and often continuing physical or emotional suffering. It can describe an ongoing action, as in guilt tormenting a person, or the act itself, such as tormenting oneself with worries.

使い方 Usage

  • tormenting+人で「人を苦しめること」。tormenting oneself with worries は「心配で自分を苦しめること」です。 Tormenting takes the person affected as its object. Tormenting oneself with worries means causing oneself suffering through worry.

使い分け Common distinctions

  • 軽い不快感よりも強い苦痛を表します。軽く困らせる・いら立たせる場合は bothering や annoying が適することが多いです。 Tormenting suggests intense suffering. Bothering or annoying is often more suitable for mild irritation.

覚え方のコツ Memory Tip

torment にそのまま -ing を付けた形です。動詞の後半に強勢があることを意識し、罪悪感や心配が人を強く苦しめる場面と結び付けましょう。

Add -ing directly to torment and keep the stress on the second syllable. Picture guilt or worries causing someone intense suffering.

例文

She regretted tormenting herself with unnecessary worries.

彼女は不要な心配で自分を苦しめたことを後悔しました。

The painful question kept tormenting him all night.

そのつらい疑問が一晩中彼を苦しめ続けました。

tormenting の類義語・関連語

tormenting の語源・成り立ち Etymology

ラテン語 tormentum(拷問器具)が語源で、動詞 torquēre(ねじる)に由来する。tor-(ねじる)+ -ment(手段・道具)という構成。関連語に torture(拷問)、torque(回転力)がある。体や心を「ねじって苦しめる」イメージが原義。

Tormenting is formed by adding -ing to torment. Torment came through Old French from Latin tormentum, an instrument of torture and, by extension, severe suffering. Tormentum is related to the Latin verb torquēre, meaning “to twist.” The physical image of twisting or inflicting pain later broadened to include intense mental distress. English relatives based on the same Latin idea include torture and torque, though their modern meanings and paths of development differ.

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