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to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
Synonyms for TORMENTED: tortured, frustrated, harassed, provoked, persecuted, plagued, harried, badgered; Antonyms of TORMENTED: satisfied, happy, pleased, content, calm, delighted, serene, placid.
noun. uk / ˈtɔː.ment / us / ˈtɔːr.ment / Add to word list. [ U ] great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: endure torment The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of their neighbours. Waiting for the result of the medical tests was sheer torment.
torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance. a horse tormented by flies. torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering. tortured by a sense of guilt. rack stresses straining or wrenching. a body racked by pain.
When you have a terrible decision to make, one that will end up hurting someone, you can say that you're tormented. If you're terribly worried about your grandfather's heart surgery, you might have a tormented expression on your face as you sit in the hospital waiting room.
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery. Synonyms: anguish, distress, torture. 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.
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.
to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
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.
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.
