torment (n.)

  1. unbearable physical pain

    [ Syn: torture ]

  2. extreme mental distress

    [ Syn: anguish , torture ]

  3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; an agony of doubt; the torments of the damned

    [ Syn: agony , torture ]

  4. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors

    [ Syn: harassment ]

  5. a severe affliction

    [ Syn: curse ]

  6. the act of harassing someone

    [ Syn: badgering , worrying , bedevilment ]

    torment (v.)

  1. torment emotionally or mentally

    [ Syn: torture , excruciate , rack ]

  2. treat cruelly; The children tormented the stuttering teacher

    [ Syn: rag , bedevil , crucify , dun , frustrate ]

  3. subject to torture; The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

    [ Syn: torture , excruciate ]

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