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Torment definition: to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain. See examples of TORMENT used in a sentence.
Torment definition: Great physical pain or mental anguish. Origin of Torment Middle English from Old French from Latin tormentum from torquēre to twist terkw-in Indo-European roots
Definition of torment noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
torment somebody/something to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way synonym torture Word Origin Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.
Define torment. torment synonyms, torment pronunciation, torment translation, English dictionary definition of torment. n. 1. Great physical pain or mental anguish. 2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain. 3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
Britannica Dictionary definition of TORMENT. 1. [noncount] : extreme physical or mental pain. She lived in torment [= anguish] for the rest of her life. No one could understand his inner torment. After years of torment, she left her husband. 2. [count] : something that causes extreme physical or mental pain. The mosquitoes were a constant torment.
