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noun
- 1. severe physical or mental suffering: "their deaths have left both families in torment" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering: "he was tormented by jealousy" Similar
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TORMENT definition: 1. great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: 2. great mental suffering and…. Learn more.
Torment definition: to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain. See examples of TORMENT used in a sentence.
T o torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. T o 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.
The meaning of TORMENT is extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony. How to use torment in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Torment.
TORMENT meaning: 1. great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: 2. great mental suffering and…. Learn more.
1. /ˈtɔrˌmɛnt/. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. 2. /ˌtɔrˈmɛnt/. make suffer emotionally or mentally. IPA guide. Other forms: tormented; torments; tormenting. By repeatedly trying to make someone miserable you torment them.
Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. Thai : ความทุกข์ทรมาน If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
noun. /ˈtɔːment/ /ˈtɔːrment/ [uncountable, countable] (formal) extreme pain, especially mental pain; a person or thing that causes this synonym anguish. She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. in torment the cries of a man in torment. The flies were a terrible torment. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
TORMENT definition: 1. to make someone suffer or worry a lot: 2. extreme unhappiness or pain. Learn more.
Torment Definition. Great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony. An instrument of torture or the torture inflicted. A source of pain, anxiety, or annoyance. To torture.