torment

torment
tor|ment1 [ˈto:ment US ˈto:r-] n
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin tormentum 'torture', from torquere 'to twist']
1.) [U]
severe mental or physical suffering
in torment
She lay awake all night in torment.
2.)
someone or something that makes you suffer a lot
The journey must have been a torment for them.
torment 2
tor|ment2 [to:ˈment US to:r-] v [T]
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
= ↑torture
The older boys would torment him whenever they had the chance.
>tormentor n

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  • torment — [n] severe mental distress affliction, agony, anguish, annoyance, bane, bother, excruciation, harassment, hell, irritation, misery, nag, nagging, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, persecution, pest, plague, provocation, rack, scourge, suffering …   New thesaurus

  • torment — I noun abomination, acute distress, affliction, agony, angst, anguish, annoyance, bane, constant anxiety, convulsion, despair, distress, extreme pain, harassment, infliction, misery, oppression, pain, pique, scourge, torture, vexation II verb… …   Law dictionary

  • torment — vb torture, rack, *afflict, try Analogous words: *worry, annoy, harry, harass, plague, pester: distress, *trouble: *bait, badger, hector: agonize, *writhe …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • torment — [tôr′ment΄; ] for v. [ tôr ment′, tôr′ment΄] n. [OFr < L tormentum, a rack, instrument of torture, torture, pain, orig., machine for twisting or throwing < torquere, to twist, whirl around, fling: see TORT] 1. Obs. an instrument of torture… …   English World dictionary

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