Torment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  • n. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  • n. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
  • v. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See Synonyms at afflict.
  • v. To agitate or upset greatly.
  • v. To annoy, pester, or harass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
  • n. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
  • n. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
  • v. To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An engine for casting stones.
  • n. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
  • n. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
  • v. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
  • v. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
  • v. To tease; to vex; to harass.
  • v. To put into great agitation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An engine of war for casting stones, darts, or other missiles; a tormentum.
  • n. An instrument of torture, as the rack, the thumbscrew, or the wheel; also, the application of such an instrument, or the torture caused by it.
  • n. Hence, anything which causes great pain or suffering; a source of trouble, sorrow, or anguish.
  • n. A state of suffering, bodily or mental; misery; agony.
  • n. An object of torture; a victim.
  • n. A tempest; a tornado.
  • n. Synonyms Anguish, Torture, etc. See agony.
  • To put to torment, as with the rack or the wheel; torture.
  • To bring suffering or misery upon; pain; plague; distress; afflict.
  • To twist; distort.
  • To throw into agitation; disturb greatly.
  • Synonyms To agonize, rack, excruciate.
  • Plague, Worry, etc. (See tease.) Trouble, Distress, etc. See afflict.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. extreme mental distress
  • n. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
  • n. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  • v. treat cruelly
  • v. subject to torture
  • n. a severe affliction
  • v. torment emotionally or mentally
  • n. the act of harassing someone
  • n. unbearable physical pain
  • Verb Form
    tormented    tormenting    torments   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurt    suffering    distress    annoyance    vexation    chafe    affliction    pain    anguish    harassment   
    Form
    tormentor   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    anguish    torture    pain    distress    afflict    tease    vex    harass    annoy    trouble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent    Lent    Tashkent    Trent    accent    ascent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anguish    torture    suffer    pang    suffering    humiliation    discomfort    loneliness    weariness    hunger