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- Dictionarytor·ment·ed/ˈtôrmen(t)əd/
adjective
- 1. experiencing or characterized by severe physical or mental suffering: "he is a tormented genius"
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verb [ T ] uk / tɔːˈment / us / tɔːrˈment / to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
The meaning of TORMENT is extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony. How to use torment in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Torment.
When you have a terrible decision to make, one that will end up hurting someone, you can say that you're tormented. If you're terribly worried about your grandfather's heart surgery, you might have a tormented expression on your face as you sit in the hospital waiting room.
noun. uk / ˈtɔː.ment / us / ˈtɔːr.ment / Add to word list. [ U ] great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: endure torment The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of their neighbours. Waiting for the result of the medical tests was sheer torment.
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.
noun. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. synonyms: harassment. see more. noun. a severe affliction. synonyms: curse.
Define tormented. tormented synonyms, tormented pronunciation, tormented translation, English dictionary definition of tormented. n. 1. Great physical pain or mental anguish. 2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain. 3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
verb [ T ] uk / tɔːˈment / us / tɔːrˈment /. to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
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.
noun. torments. Great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An instrument of torture or the torture inflicted. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A source of pain, anxiety, or annoyance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: persecution. living hell. hell. torture.
