Torment
WordNet

noun


(1)   The act of harassing someone
(2)   A severe affliction
(3)   Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
"An agony of doubt"
"The torments of the damned"
(4)   Extreme mental distress
(5)   A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
"So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
(6)   Unbearable physical pain

verb


(7)   Subject to torture
"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
(8)   Torment emotionally or mentally
(9)   Treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
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Etymology


From , from , from .

Noun



  1. A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
  2. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
  3. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
    He was bitter from the torments of the insipid divorce system.

Verb



  1. To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
    The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
 
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