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   tor·ment

   noun

   • 1. severe physical or mental suffering: "their deaths have left both families in torment"
   • ▪ a cause of suffering: "the journey must have been a torment for them"

   verb

   • 1. cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering: "he was tormented by jealousy" Similar tortureafflictharrowplaguedistressagonizecause agony tocause suffering tocause pain toinflict anguish onexcruciatecrucifyrackpainmortifyworrytroubleabusemaltreatmistreatmolest
   • ▪ annoy or provoke in a deliberately unkind way: "every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I live alone" Similar teasetauntvictimizebullybaitchaffharassribscornirritatevexannoypesterbadgerharryhectorplaguebe a nuisance tobothertroublebedevilbe a pest tonagpersecuteworrynettlechivvyirkinformal:needleraghassleaggravateOpposite encouragesupport

   Word Origin Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.

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   Synonyms for TORMENT: agony, nightmare, torture, misery, horror, murder, hell, curse; Antonyms of TORMENT: heaven, pleasure, joy, delight, recreation, fun, entertainment, diversion

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   Synonyms for TORMENTS: nightmares, agonies, tortures, horrors, miseries, murders, curses, hells; Antonyms of TORMENTS: heavens, pleasures, joys, delights, fun, entertainments, diversions, recreations

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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.

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   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. in torment He spent the night in torment, trying to decide what was the best thing to do.

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   Another way to say A Torment? Synonyms for A Torment (other words and phrases for A Torment).

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   Definition. feeling or showing great mental pain. He let out an anguished cry. Synonyms. suffering, wounded, tortured, distressed, tormented, afflicted, agonized, grief-stricken, wretched, brokenhearted. in the sense of beleaguered. Definition. struggling against difficulties or criticism.

8. resources.caih.jhu.edu › book-search › downloadTorment - Patrick Vollmar (2024) resources.caih.jhu

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   synonyms of torment are afflict, rack, torture, and try. While all these words mean "to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear," torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance. torment verb - Definition,