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noun
- 1. severe physical or mental suffering: "their deaths have left both families in torment"
verb
- 1. cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering: "he was tormented by jealousy"
torment. verb [ T ] us / tɔːrˈment / uk / tɔːˈment /. 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.
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.
3 days ago · 1. uncountable noun. Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face. [ + of] He spent days in torment while the police searched for his stolen car. Synonyms: suffering, distress, misery, pain More Synonyms of torment. 2. countable noun.
Torment, rack, torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts.
to make someone suffer or worry a lot: All evening the question tormented her. tormentor. noun [ C ] torment. noun [ C, U ] uk / ˈtɔːment / us. extreme unhappiness or pain. (Definition of torment from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of torment. in Chinese (Traditional) 折磨, 痛苦, 痛苦（或煩惱）之源… See more.
Definition of torment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture. 2. to tease or pester in an annoying way: stop tormenting the dog. n. 3. physical or mental pain. 4. a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc. 5. archaic an instrument of torture. 6. archaic the infliction of torture. [C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre]
