torment

tor·ment  (tôrmnt)

n.

1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.

2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.

3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

tr.v. (tôr-mnt, tôrmnt) tor·ment·ed, tor·ment·ing, tor·ments

1. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See Synonyms at afflict.

2. To agitate or upset greatly.

3. To annoy, pester, or harass.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torqure, to twist; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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tor·menting·ly adv.

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torment

Verb

1. to cause (someone) great pain or suffering

2. to tease or pester (a person or animal) in an annoying or cruel way

Noun

1. physical or mental pain

2. a source of pain or suffering [Latin tormentum]

tormentor n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	torment - unbearable physical pain             torture hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
	2.	torment - extreme mental distress               anguish, torture distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
	3.	torment - intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" agony, torture hurt, suffering - feelings of mental or physical pain
	4.	torment - a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" harassment vexation, annoyance, chafe - anger produced by some annoying irritation
	5.	torment - a severe affliction                   curse affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress
	6.	torment - the act of harassing someone         badgering, bedevilment, worrying harassment, molestation - the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Verb	1.	torment - torment emotionally or mentally       excruciate, torture, rack anguish, pain, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
	2.	torment - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" bedevil, dun, rag, frustrate, crucify madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
	3.	torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" excruciate, torture injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to rack - torture on the rack martyrise, martyrize, martyr - torture and torment like a martyr

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torment

verb 1. torture, pain, distress, afflict, rack, harrow, crucify, agonize, excruciate << OPPOSITE comfort

verb 2. tease, annoy, worry, trouble, bother, provoke, devil (informal) harry, plague, irritate, hound, harass, hassle (informal) aggravate (informal) persecute, pester, vex, bedevil, chivvy, give someone grief Brit., S. African lead someone a merry dance Brit. (informal)

noun 3. suffering, distress, misery, pain, hell, torture, agony, anguish << OPPOSITE bliss

noun 4. trouble, worry, bother, plague, irritation, hassle (informal) nuisance, annoyance, bane, pain in the neck (informal)

Translations

torment n [ˈtɔːmɛnt] → tormento

vt [tɔːˈmɛnt] → atormentar;

(fig) (= annoy); fastidiar

torment n [ˈtɔːmɛnt] → tourment m

vt [tɔːˈmɛnt] → tourmenter (fig) (= annoy); agacer

torment n [ˈtɔːmɛnt]

vt [tɔːˈmɛnt]

n → Qual f

vt → quälen (= annoy); ärgern

torment n [ˈtɔːmɛnt] → tormento

vt [tɔːˈmɛnt] → tormentare;

(fig) (= annoy); infastidire

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torment

n torment [ˈtoːment]

1 (a) very great pain, suffering, worry etc He was in torment.pyn, folteringآلام مُبَرِّحَه، عَذابмъкаutrpenísmertedie Qualμαρτύριοtormentopiinعذاب؛ شکنجهpiinatourmentיִיסוּרִיםपीड़ाmuka, patnjakínsiksaankvöltormento苦痛고통kančiamokasseksakwellingpine, kval, lidelsemękatormentochinмучениеutrpeniemukapatnjaplåga, pina, kvalความทรมานşiddetli acı, azap痛苦мука; мордуванняسخت تکليف، اذيتnỗi đau痛苦

2 something that causes this. folteringسَبب العَذابпричина за мъкаtrýzněnípinseldie Plageβάσανοtormentopiinعامل رنج و عذابkiusatourmentעִינוּיकंटकšto muči, uzrokuje patnjufájdalompenyebab siksaanraun; pyntingtormento苦痛の種골칫거리kankynėmocības; mocīšanaseksaankwellingtortur, seigpiningpowód utrapieniatormento(izvor de) sufe­rinţăисточник мученийtrýzneniemukapatnjaplåga, pina, kvalสาเหตุที่ทำให้เจ็บปวดทรมานdert, baş belâsı令人痛苦的事джерело стражданьتکليف دہđiều gây đau đớn令人痛苦的事

[toːˈment] v

to cause pain, suffering, worry etc to She was tormented with worry/toothache.gepynigيُسَبب الألَمизмъчвамtrápitplagequälenβασανίζωatormentarvaevamaعذاب دادن؛ رنج دادنvaivatatourmenterלַעֲנוֹתसतानाmučiti(meg)kínozmenyiksakveljatormentare苦しめる고통을 주다kankintimocītmenyeksakwellenplage, pine, smertezadręczaćatormentara chinuiмучить(ся)trápiťmučitimučitiplåga, pinaทำให้ทรมานazap çektirmek, eziyet etmek使痛苦мучити, катувати; завдавати болюتکليف دينا، اذيت ديناlàm cho khổ sở使痛苦

n torˈmentor [-ˈmen-]

a person who torments. folteraarمُعَذِّبмъчителmučitel, -kaplageåndder/die Peiniger(in)βασανιστήςtormento, persona/cosa que atormentapiinajaزجر دهنده؛ شکنجه گرkiusanhenkitourmenteur/-euseמְעַנֵהउत्पीड़क, जालिमmučiteljkínzópenyiksakvalaritormentatore苦しめる人고통을 주는 사람kankintojasmocītājspenyeksakwellerplageånd, bøddeldręczycielatormentadorom care chinuieşteмучительmučiteľ, -kamučiteljmučiteljplågoandeคนหรือสิ่งที่ทรมานişkenceci使痛苦的人或物мучитель, катاذيت رساںngười chịu nỗi đau使痛苦的人或物