Definition of torment

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torment - 10 definitions

- noun
1. torture -- unbearable physical pain
synonyms: torture
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. anguish -- extreme mental distress
synonyms: anguish, torture
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. agony -- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
synonyms: agony, torture
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. harassment -- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
synonyms: harassment
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. curse -- a severe affliction
synonyms: curse
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. badgering -- the act of harassing someone
synonyms: badgering, worrying, bedevilment
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
7. torment -- torment emotionally or mentally
synonyms: torture, excruciate, rack
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. torment -- treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
synonyms: rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. torture -- subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
synonyms: torture, excruciate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. torment, torments -- to inflict with great bodily or mental suffering
synonyms: torments, tormented, tormenting
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 

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