Torment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- extreme mental distress (syn: anguish, torture)
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain (syn: agony, torture)
- the act of harassing someone (syn: worrying)
verb
- treat cruelly (syn: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag)
Extra examples
No one could understand his inner torment.
After years of torment, she left her husband.
The mosquitoes were a constant torment.
The disease has tormented me for sixteen years.
She lay awake all night in torment.
The journey must have been a torment for them.
Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.
The older boys would torment him whenever they had the chance.
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
Did she torment him merely for sport?
The flies torment us sadly.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: torment
he/she/it: torments
present participle: tormenting
past tense: tormented
past participle: tormented
singular: torment
plural: torments
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