torment
[verb]
Synonyms:
- torture, crucify, distress, rack
- tease, annoy, bother, harass, hassle (informal), irritate, nag, pester, vex
[noun]
Synonyms:
- suffering, agony, anguish, distress, hell, misery, pain, torture

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Related Words: distress, trouble, hurt, pain, punish

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I. tor‧ment¹ /ˈtɔːment $ ˈtɔːr-/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin tormentum 'torture', from torquere 'to twist']

1. [uncountable] severe mental or physical suffering
in torment
She lay awake all night in torment.

2. [countable] someone or something that makes you suffer a lot:
The journey must have been a torment for them.

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II. tor‧ment² /tɔːˈment $ tɔːr-/ verb [transitive]

1. to make someone suffer a lot, especially mentally:
Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.

2. to deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying them or hurting them Synonym : torture:
The older boys would torment him whenever they had the chance.
—tormentor noun [countable]

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torment
noun
ADJ. great | inner, mental, private
VERB + TORMENT endure, suffer She has suffered great mental torment. | be released from
PREP. in ~ He was a man in torment.
PHRASES a soul in torment The sea wailed like a soul in torment.

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