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tor·ment (tôr

)

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-m

, tôr

) 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.

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

tor·menting·ly adv.

torment

vb (tr) [tɔːˈmɛnt]

1. to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture

2. to tease or pester in an annoying way stop tormenting the dog

n [ˈtɔːmɛnt]

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

[from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre]

tormented adj

tormentedly adv

tormenting adj

tormentingly adv

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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

torment

noun

1. suffering, distress, misery, pain, hell, torture, agony, anguish He spent days in torment while they searched for her.
suffering joy, happiness, rest, ease, comfort, encouragement, ecstasy, reassurance, bliss

2. trouble, worry, bother, plague, irritation, hassle (informal), nuisance, annoyance, bane, pain in the neck (informal) the torments of being a writer

verb

1. torture, pain, distress, afflict, rack, harrow, crucify, agonize, excruciate At times, memories returned to torment her.
torture delight, reassure, make happy, encourage, ease, comfort, soothe, put at ease

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) My older brother used to torment me by singing it to me.

Translations

torment

A. [ˈtɔːment] N → tormento m
the torments of jealousy → los tormentos de los celos
to be in torment → estar atormentado

B. [tɔːˈment] VT (= hurt) → atormentar, torturar; (= annoy) → fastidiar, molestar; (= torture) (fig) → atormentar
she was tormented by doubts → la atormentaban las dudas
we were tormented by thirst → nos moríamos de sed
don't torment the cat → no le des guerra al gato

torment [ˈtɔː^rmɛnt]

(= suffering) → souffrance m
in torment → dans la souffrance

(= cause of suffering) → supplice m
Every step was a torment to him → Chaque pas était un supplice pour lui.
the torments of being a writer → les tourments de la condition d'écrivain

[tɔː^rˈmɛnt] vt

(= cause suffering to) → tourmenter
to be tormented by sth → être tourmenté(e) par qch

(= annoy) → tourmenter

torment

n → Qual f; (inf: = person) → Quälgeist m; to be in torment, to suffer torment(s) → Qualen leiden

vt → quälen; (= annoy, tease) → plagen; tormented by remorse → von Reue gequält or geplagt

torment [ɐn ˈtɔːmɛnt; ɐvb tɔːˈmɛnt]

1. n → tormento, tortura
to be in torment (also fig) → soffrire le pene dell'inferno

2. vt (hurt) → tormentare (fig) (annoy) → molestare, infastidire
she was tormented by doubts → era tormentata or assillata dai dubbi

torment [ɐn ˈtɔːmɛnt; ɐvb tɔːˈmɛnt]

1. n → tormento, tortura
to be in torment (also fig) → soffrire le pene dell'inferno

2. vt (hurt) → tormentare (fig) (annoy) → molestare, infastidire
she was tormented by doubts → era tormentata or assillata dai dubbi

torment

n torment [ˈtoːment]

1 (a) very great pain, suffering, worry etc He was in torment. pyn, foltering آلام مُبَرِّحَه، عَذاب мъка utrpení smerte die Qual μαρτύριο tormento piin عذاب؛ شکنجه piina tourment יִיסוּרִים पीड़ा muka, patnja kín siksaan kvöl tormento 苦痛 고통 kančia mokas seksa kwelling pine, kval, lidelse męka tormento chin мучение utrpenie muka patnja plåga, pina, kval ความทรมาน şiddetli acı, azap 痛苦 мука; мордування سخت تکليف، اذيت nỗi đau 痛苦

2 something that causes this. foltering سَبب العَذاب причина за мъка trýznění pinsel die Plage βάσανο tormento piin عامل رنج و عذاب kärsimyksen aihe tourment עִינוּי कंटक što muči, uzrokuje patnju fájdalom penyebab siksaan raun; pynting tormento 苦痛の種 고통을 일으키는 것 kankynė mocības; mocīšana seksaan kwelling tortur, seigpining powód utrapienia tormento (izvor de) suferinţă источник мучений trýznenie muka patnja plåga, pina, kval สาเหตุที่ทำให้เจ็บปวดทรมาน dert, baş belâsı 令人痛苦的事 джерело страждань تکليف دہ điều gây đau đớn 令人痛苦的事

[toːˈment] v

to cause pain, suffering, worry etc to She was tormented with worry/toothache. gepynig يُسَبب الألَم измъчвам trápit plage quälen βασανίζω atormentar vaevama عذاب دادن؛ رنج دادن piinata tourmenter לַעֲנוֹת सताना mučiti (meg)kínoz menyiksa kvelja tormentare 苦しめる 고통을 주다 kankinti mocīt menyeksa kwellen plage, pine, smerte zadręczać atormentar a chinui мучить(ся) trápiť mučiti mučiti plåga, pina ทำให้ทรมาน azap çektirmek, eziyet etmek 使痛苦 мучити, катувати; завдавати болю تکليف دينا، اذيت دينا làm cho khổ sở 使痛苦

n torˈmentor [-ˈmen-]

a person who torments. folteraar مُعَذِّب мъчител mučitel, -ka plageånd der/die Peiniger(in) βασανιστής tormento, persona/cosa que atormenta piinaja زجر دهنده؛ شکنجه گر kiusaaja tourmenteur/-euse מְעַנֵה उत्पीड़क, जालिम mučitelj kínzó penyiksa kvalari tormentatore 苦しめる人 괴롭히는 것 kankintojas mocītājs penyeksa kweller plageånd, bøddel dręczyciel atormentador om care chinuieşte мучитель mučiteľ, -ka mučitelj mučitelj plågoande คนหรือสิ่งที่ทรมาน işkenceci 使痛苦的人或物 мучитель, кат اذيت رساں người chịu nỗi đau 使痛苦的人或物

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