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verb (used with object)
1.
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
2.
to worry or annoy excessively: to torment one with questions.
3.
to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.
noun
4.
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
5.
something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering.
6.
a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.
7.
an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew.
8.
the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted.
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Tormenting
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Origin:
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin tormentum rope, catapult, torture < *torkw-ment- (see torque, -ment); (v.) Middle English tormenten < Old French tormenter, derivative of torment (compare Late Latin tormentāre)
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin tormentum rope, catapult, torture < *torkw-ment- (see torque, -ment); (v.) Middle English tormenten < Old French tormenter, derivative of torment (compare Late Latin tormentāre)
Related forms
tor·ment·ed·ly, adverb
tor·ment·ing·ly, adverb
tor·ment·ing·ness, noun
un·tor·ment·ed, adjective
un·tor·ment·ing, adjective
EXPANDun·tor·ment·ing·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. harry, hector, vex, distress, agonize. Torment, rack, torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains. To torture is to afflict with acute and more or less protracted suffering: to torture one by keeping one in suspense. 2. plague, pester, tease, provoke, needle, trouble, fret. 4. torture, distress, anguish.
1. harry, hector, vex, distress, agonize. Torment, rack, torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains. To torture is to afflict with acute and more or less protracted suffering: to torture one by keeping one in suspense. 2. plague, pester, tease, provoke, needle, trouble, fret. 4. torture, distress, anguish.
Antonyms
1. please.
1. please.
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| torment | |
| —vb | |
| 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] | |
| tor'mented | |
| —adj | |
| tor'mentedly | |
| —adv | |
| tor'menting | |
| —adj, —n | |
| tor'mentingly | |
| —adv | |
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