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torment
[ verb tawr-ment, tawr-ment; noun tawr-ment ]
verb (used with object)
- to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain:
to be tormented with violent headaches.
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Antonyms:
- to worry or annoy excessively:
to torment one with questions.
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- to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.
noun
- a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
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- something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering.
- a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.
- an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew.
- the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted.
torment
verb
- to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
- to tease or pester in an annoying way
stop tormenting the dog
noun
- physical or mental pain
- a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc
- archaic.an instrument of torture
- archaic.the infliction of torture
Derived Forms
- ٴǰˈԳپԲ, adjectivenoun
- ٴǰˈԳٱ, adverb
- ٴǰˈԳٱ, adjective
- ٴǰˈԳپԲly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٴǰ·ԳĻ· adverb
- ٴǰ·ԳiԲ· adverb
- ٴǰ·ԳiԲ·Ա noun
- ܲtǰ·ԳĻ adjective
- ܲtǰ·ԳiԲ adjective
- unٴǰ·ԳiԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of torment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The physical evidence strongly suggested that rather than hiking across a blazing desert after enduring weeks of torment, Aimee had gotten out of a car and walked a short distance to be discovered.
But the wolves set up shop and torment the cattle.
After spending time in the divine abyss, we’re back in reality, ripped from the stratosphere and placed into one of life’s most mundane torments: the hygienist’s chair.
The film-maker is tormented by how a man who raised his voice for peace has become a victim of clan vengeance.
Netflix said the documentary would give "insight into the pain and torment" that the families "went through for decades".
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