Search results
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.
noun. tor· ment ˈtȯr-ˌment. Synonyms of torment. 1. : extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony. She wrung her hands piteously together, looking like a soul in torment. Lucy Maud Montgomery. 2. : a source of vexation or pain. Love is a delight; but hate a torment. Herman Melville.
Synonyms for TORMENTED: tortured, frustrated, harassed, provoked, persecuted, plagued, harried, badgered; Antonyms of TORMENTED: satisfied, happy, pleased, content, calm, delighted, serene, placid
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.
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.
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.
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. The noun torment is the result of the verb torment.
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.
/tɔːˈment/ /tɔːrˈment/ Verb Forms. torment somebody (formal) to make somebody suffer very much synonym plague. He was tormented by feelings of insecurity. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
