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torment
[tawr-ment, tawr-ment, tawr-ment]
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
to be tormented with violent headaches.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Antonyms:to worry or annoy excessively.
to torment one with questions.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.
noun
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
Synonyms: , ,something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering.
a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.
an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew.
the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted.
torment
verb
to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
to tease or pester in an annoying way
stop tormenting the dog
noun
physical or mental pain
a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc
archaican instrument of torture
archaicthe infliction of torture
Other 51Թ Forms
- tormentedly adverb
- tormentingly adverb
- tormentingness noun
- untormented adjective
- untormenting adjective
- untormentingly adverb
- ٴǰˈԳپԲ adjective
- ٴǰˈԳٱ adverb
- ٴǰˈԳٱ adjective
- ٴǰˈԳپԲly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of torment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He said aqua parks needed to be more tightly governed, adding he and Ms Parker wanted to protect other parents from the "torment" of losing a child.
In a letter to staff just over a month into her admission, Max and Jane wrote: "She cannot contain the sense of sheer torment, intense depression and overwhelming despair she is experiencing."
The injuries tormented Hart as he went through the offseason program, rehabbing twice a day since the shoulder injury.
Jenrick condemned the plans as a "recipe for carnage" and accused the government as being "okay with criminals terrorising our streets and tormenting our country".
Mercifully, after years being tormented by back and elbow problems, this is 'only' damage to his thumb.
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