"tormentuous" meaning in English

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          "text": "Although, it is not a handshake I would readily reciprocate because my waking to such comprehension has been and is used for tormentuous affliction and mind control.",
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          "text": "Having brought the dead soul to life, the Spirit comes like fire in its terrible and tormentuous power, to purify the regenerate sinner.",
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        "Causing great grief or agony; painful; agonising"
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          "word": "ailsome"
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