1. torment - Noun
2. torment - Verb
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 dictionaryColor 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