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torment

[ verb tawr-ment, tawr-ment; noun tawr-ment ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain:

    to be tormented with violent headaches.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to worry or annoy excessively:

    to torment one with questions.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  3. to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.


noun

  1. a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering.
  3. a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.
  4. an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew.
  5. the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted.

torment

verb

  1. to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
  2. to tease or pester in an annoying way

    stop tormenting the dog

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. physical or mental pain
  2. a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc
  3. archaic.
    an instrument of torture
  4. archaic.
    the infliction of torture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٴǰˈԳپԲ, adjectivenoun
  • ٴǰˈԳٱ, adverb
  • ٴǰˈԳٱ, adjective
  • ٴǰˈԳپԲly, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of torment1

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum “rope, catapult, torture,” from unattested tork w -ment- ( torque, -ment ); (verb) Middle English tormenten, from Old French tormenter, derivative of torment (compare Late Latin ٴǰԳ )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of torment1

C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from ٴǰŧ
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Synonym Study

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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Example Sentences

She sneers clever quips at the tormenting cops.

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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.

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"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."

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Of the torment Quaid endures, his hardest challenge is straddling the tone.

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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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