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noun
- 1. severe physical or mental suffering: "their deaths have left both families in torment"
verb
- 1. cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering: "he was tormented by jealousy" Similar
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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.
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.
Torment definition: to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain. See examples of TORMENT used in a sentence.
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.
1. /ˈtɔrˌmɛnt/ intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. 2. /ˌtɔrˈmɛnt/ make suffer emotionally or mentally. IPA guide. Other forms: tormented; torments; tormenting. By repeatedly trying to make someone miserable you torment them. The noun torment is the result of the verb torment.
TORMENT meaning: 1. great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: 2. great mental suffering and…. Learn more.
Define torment. torment synonyms, torment pronunciation, torment translation, English dictionary definition of torment. n. 1. Great physical pain or mental anguish. 2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain. 3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
noun. /ˈtɔːment/ /ˈtɔːrment/ [uncountable, countable] (formal) extreme pain, especially mental pain; a person or thing that causes this synonym anguish. She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. in torment the cries of a man in torment. The flies were a terrible torment. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
Torment Definition. tôrmĕnt. tormented, tormenting, torments. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. 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.
TORMENT definition: 1. to make someone suffer or worry a lot: 2. extreme unhappiness or pain. Learn more.
