a. Obs. [f. TORMENT sb. + -FUL.] Full of, or fraught with torment.
1596. R. L[inche], Diella (1877), 30. My most tormentfull case.
1647. Trapp, Comm. Matt. vi. 31. Carefulness is a tormentful plodding upon businesses.
a. 1694. Tillotson, Wks. (1717), II. 199. In what Nature soever they [malice, envy, revenge] are, they are as vexatious and tormentful to it self, as they are troublesome and mischievous to others.
