torment
[ verb tawr-ment, tawr-ment; noun tawr-ment ]
/ verb tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt; noun ˈtɔr mɛnt /
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verb (used with object)
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Origin of torment
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1. Torment , rack , torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. To 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. To torture is to afflict with acute and more or less protracted suffering: to torture one by keeping one in suspense.
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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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