torment
noun
1. unbearable physical pain
Similar word(s): torture
Definition categories: state, hurting, pain
2. extreme mental distress
Similar word(s): anguish, torture
Definition categories: feeling, distress, hurt, suffering
3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- the torments of the damned
Similar word(s): agony, torture
Definition categories: feeling, hurt, suffering
4. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors
Similar word(s): harassment
Definition categories: feeling, annoyance, chafe, vexation
5. a severe affliction
Similar word(s): curse
Definition categories: event, affliction
6. the act of harassing someone
Similar word(s): badgering, bedevilment, worrying
Definition categories: act, harassment, molestation
Sentences with torment as a noun:
- He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.
verb
1. torment emotionally or mentally
Similar word(s): excruciate, rack, torture
Definition categories: emotion, anguish, hurt, pain
2. treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Similar word(s): bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag
Definition categories: emotion, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
3. subject to torture
- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
Similar word(s): excruciate, torture
Definition categories: body, injure, wound
Sentences with torment as a verb:
- The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.