torment
[ verb tawr-ment, tawr-ment; noun tawr-ment ]
/ verb tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt; noun ˈtɔr mɛnt /
verb (used with object)
noun
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Origin of torment
SYNONYMS FOR torment
1 harry, hector, vex, distress, agonize. T orment , rack , torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. T o torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. T o rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains. T o torture is to afflict with acute and more or less protracted suffering: to torture one by keeping one in suspense.
2 plague, pester, tease, provoke, needle, trouble, fret.
4 torture, distress, anguish.
OTHER WORDS FROM torment
Words nearby torment
toric, toric lens, tories, torii, torino, torment, tormentil, tormentor, tormé, torn, torn between, be
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British Dictionary definitions for tormenting
torment
verb (tɔːˈmɛnt) (tr)
to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
to tease or pester in an annoying waystop tormenting the dog
noun (ˈtɔːmɛnt)
physical or mental pain
a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc
archaic an instrument of torture
archaic the infliction of torture
Derived forms of torment
tormented, adjectivetormentedly, adverbtormenting, adjective, nountormentingly, adverbWord Origin for torment
C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre
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