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Torment

Torment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Torment? [n] the act of harassing someone [n] a severe affliction [n] intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [n] extreme mental distress [n] a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" [n] unbearable physical pain [v] subject to torture [v] torment emotionally or mentally [v] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Torment: agony \| anguish \| badgering \| bedevil \| bedevilment \| crucify \| curse \| dun \| excruciate \| excruciate \| frustrate \| harassment \| rack \| rag \| torture \| torture \| torture \| torture \| worrying Related Terms \| Find terms related to Torment: See Also \| affliction \| anguish \| annoyance \| badger \| beleaguer \| beset \| bug \| chafe \| chevvy \| chevy \| chivvy \| chivy \| distress \| hamstring \| harass \| harassment \| harry \| hassle \| hurt \| hurt \| hurting \| injure \| madden \| martyr \| martyrise \| martyrize \| molest \| molestation \| oppress \| pain \| pain \| persecute \| pester \| plague \| provoke \| rack \| suffering \| tease \| vexation \| wound Torment In Webster's Dictionary \Tor"ment\, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L. tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See {Turture}.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. 2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer. The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me. --Milton. 3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv. 24. \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.] 1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art thou come hither to torment us before our time? '' --Matt. viii. 29. 2. To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. --Matt. viii. 6. 3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.] 4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.

Torment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Torment?

[n] the act of harassing someone
[n] a severe affliction
[n] intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
[n] extreme mental distress
[n] a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
[n] unbearable physical pain
[v] subject to torture
[v] torment emotionally or mentally
[v] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

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Torment In Webster's Dictionary

\Tor"ment\, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L.
tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of
torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist,
hurl. See {Turture}.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir
   T. Elyot.

2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of
   misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer.

         The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I
         feel Torment within me.               --Milton.

3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

         They brought unto him all sick people that were
         taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv.
                                               24.


\Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
   misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art
   thou come hither to torment us before our time? '' --Matt.
   viii. 29.

2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.

         Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
         grievously tormented.                 --Matt. viii.
                                               6.

3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
   importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]

4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
   main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.

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