torment

tor·ment

 (tôr′mĕnt′)

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-mĕnt′, tôr′mĕnt′) 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 annoy, pester, or harass: tormented by the children's pleas to be taken to the mall.

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

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tor·ment′ing·ly adv.

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torment

vb (tr)

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

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

n

3. physical or mental pain

4. a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc

5. archaic an instrument of torture

6. archaic the infliction of torture

[C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre]

torˈmented adj

torˈmentedly adv

torˈmenting adj, n

torˈmentingly adv

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tor•ment

(v. tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt; n. ˈtɔr mɛnt)

v.t.

1. to afflict with great, usu. incessant or repeated bodily or mental suffering.

2. to worry or annoy excessively; plague.

3. to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.

n.

4. a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.

5. something that causes pain or suffering.

6. a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.

7. an instrument of torture, as the rack.

8. the infliction of torture.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin tormentum rope, catapult, torture; see torque¹, -ment]

tor•ment′ing•ly, adv.

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torment

• aghast - From a verb agastea, "frighten," based on an Old English word meaning "torment."
• cruciation - Another word for torment or torture.
• crux - Originated as a reference to a real cross and its association with torment and trouble.
• dretch - To torment.

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torment

Past participle: tormented
Gerund: tormenting

Imperative

torment

torment

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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 - 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

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.

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torment

noun

1. A state of physical or mental suffering:

affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness.

2. Excruciating punishment:

hell, living hell, persecution, torture.

Idiom: tortures of the damned.

3. Something that annoys:

aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, vexation.

verb

1. To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing:

crucify, rack, torture.

Idiom: put on the rack.

2. To bring great harm or suffering to:

afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torture.

3. To come to mind continually:

haunt, obsess, trouble, weigh on (or upon).

4. To disturb by repeated attacks:

annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, worry.

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Translations

آلام مُبَرِّحَه، عَذابسَبب العَذابيُسَبب الألَم

trápittrýzněníutrpení

pinselplagesmerte

PlageQualquälensekkieren

βασανίζω

atormentarperseguirtormento

tourmenttourmenter

megkínoz

kveljakvölraun; pynting

tormentaretormentocruccio

kankintojaskankynė

mocībasmocīšanamocītmokas

seigpiningtortur

изводить

trýznenie

azapazap çektirmekbaş belâsıderteziyet etmek

令人痛苦的事使痛苦痛苦

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

torment

[ˈtɔː^rmɛnt]

n

(= 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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

torment

[n ˈtɔːmɛnt; vb 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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

torment

(ˈtoːment) noun

1. (a) very great pain, suffering, worry etc. He was in torment. pyn, foltering آلام مُبَرِّحَه، عَذاب мъка tormento utrpení die Qual smerte μαρτύριοtormento piin عذاب؛ شکنجه piina tourmentייסורים पीड़ा muka, patnja kín siksaan kvöl tormento 苦痛 고통 kančia mokas seksa kwellingpine, kval, lidelsemęka عذاب، ربړ، ستونزه 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 tormento trýznění die Plage pinsel βάσανοtormento piin عامل رنج و عذاب kiusa tourmentעינוי कंटक što muči, uzrokuje patnju fájdalom penyebab siksaan raun; pynting tormento 苦痛の種 고통을 일으키는 것 kankynė mocības; mocīšana seksaan kwellingtortur, seigpining powód utrapienia عذاب وركول، 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) verb

to cause pain, suffering, worry etc to. She was tormented with worry/toothache. gepynig يُسَبب الألَم измъчвам atormentar trápit quälen plage βασανίζωatormentar vaevama عذاب دادن؛ رنج دادن piinata tourmenter לַעֲנוֹת सताना mučiti (meg)kínoz menyiksa kvelja tormentare 苦しめる 고통을 주다 kankinti mocīt menyeksa kwellenplage, pine, smerte zadręczać عذاب وركول atormentar a chinui мучить 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

torˈmentor (-ˈmen-) noun

a person who torments. folteraar مُعَذِّب мъчител atormentador mučitel, -ka der/die Peiniger(in) plageånd βασανιστήςtormento, persona/cosa que atormenta piinaja زجر دهنده؛ شکنجه گر kiusaaja tourmenteur/-euse מענה उत्पीड़क, जालिम mučitelj kínzó penyiksa kvalari tormentatore 苦しめる人 괴롭히는 것 kankintojas mocītājs penyeksa kweller plageånd, bøddel dręczyciel عذاب وركوونكى ځوروونكى 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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torment

n. tormento;

vt. atormentar.

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