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torment
[ verb tawr-ment, tawr-ment; noun tawr-ment ]
verb (used with object)
- to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain:
to be tormented with violent headaches.
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- to worry or annoy excessively:
to torment one with questions.
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- to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.
noun
- a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
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- something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering.
- a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.
- an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew.
- the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted.
torment
verb
- to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
- to tease or pester in an annoying way
stop tormenting the dog
noun
- physical or mental pain
- a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc
- archaic.an instrument of torture
- archaic.the infliction of torture
Derived Forms
- ٴǰˈԳپԲ, adjectivenoun
- ٴǰˈԳٱ, adverb
- ٴǰˈԳٱ, adjective
- ٴǰˈԳپԲly, adverb
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- ٴǰ·ԳĻ· adverb
- ٴǰ·ԳiԲ· adverb
- ٴǰ·ԳiԲ·Ա noun
- ܲtǰ·ԳĻ adjective
- ܲtǰ·ԳiԲ adjective
- unٴǰ·ԳiԲ· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of torment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She sneers clever quips at the tormenting cops.
Quan predicted the city would spend a lot of time and money defending Harris-Dawson’s measure in court — even as the tiny contingent of foul-mouthed commenters finds new and more creative ways to torment the council.
"Let us continue to pray for peace, especially in the countries wounded by war: tormented Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo."
Of the torment Quaid endures, his hardest challenge is straddling the tone.
Other notable characters who walk this same path haven’t even had the privilege of staying at the top as long as Tár does before they fall back into the pits of their artistic torment.
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