torment

Speech parts

1. torment - Noun

2. torment - Verb

Meaning

An engine for casting stones.

Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.

That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.

To pain; to distress; to afflict.

To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.

To put into great agitation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

torture rack crucify bedevil crick hector chevy badger farina harrow harry dun flay bale gehenna
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Antonyms

scorpion bliss felicity glee gladden jamboree
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Hypernyms

chevy harry plague pain wound distress

Hyponyms

madden badger plague pester rack bug

Phrases with the word

do not torment the bear foot torment torment yourself place of torment to torment by exciting hopes orexpectations which can never be realized burning torment

Derivatives

tormented tormenting

Examples

Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment. Claude Monet

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy... Georges Rouault

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment. Djuna Barnes

There is no feast till a roast and no torment till a marriage. Irish Proverb

Love is a sweet torment. Romanian Proverb

The torment of envy is like a grain of sand in the eye. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Torlundy torma tormen torment yourself tormentable tormented