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Quick definitions from WordNet (torment)
▸ noun: a severe affliction
▸ noun: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain ("The torments of the damned")
▸ noun: extreme mental distress
▸ noun: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented ("So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors")
▸ noun: unbearable physical pain
▸ noun: the act of harassing someone
▸ verb: torment emotionally or mentally
▸ verb: treat cruelly ("The children tormented the stuttering teacher")
▸ verb: subject to torture ("The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible")
▸ Also see torments
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to torment
▸ Usage examples for torment
▸ Popular adjectives describing torment
▸ Words that often appear near torment
▸ Rhymes of torment
▸ Invented words related to torment
▸ noun: a severe affliction
▸ noun: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain ("The torments of the damned")
▸ noun: extreme mental distress
▸ noun: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented ("So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors")
▸ noun: unbearable physical pain
▸ noun: the act of harassing someone
▸ verb: torment emotionally or mentally
▸ verb: treat cruelly ("The children tormented the stuttering teacher")
▸ verb: subject to torture ("The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible")
▸ Also see torments
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to torment
▸ Usage examples for torment
▸ Popular adjectives describing torment
▸ Words that often appear near torment
▸ Rhymes of torment
▸ Invented words related to torment