torment+(noun)

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• torment — ► NOUN 1) severe physical or mental suffering. 2) a cause of torment. ► VERB 1) subject to torment. 2) annoy or tease unkindly. DERIVATIVES tormentor noun …   English terms dictionary

• torment — verb (t) /tɔˈmɛnt / (say taw ment) 1. to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches. 2. to worry or annoy excessively: to torment one with questions. 3. to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.… …  

• torment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ emotional, inner, mental, personal, physical, psychological ▪ eternal …   Collocations dictionary

• torment — noun severe physical or mental suffering. ↘a cause of torment. verb 1》 subject to torment. 2》 annoy or tease unkindly. Derivatives tormented adjective tormentedly adverb tormenting adjective tormentingly adverb tormentor …   English new terms dictionary

• torment — I noun abomination, acute distress, affliction, agony, angst, anguish, annoyance, bane, constant anxiety, convulsion, despair, distress, extreme pain, harassment, infliction, misery, oppression, pain, pique, scourge, torture, vexation II verb… …   Law dictionary

• torment — I UK [ˈtɔː(r)ment] / US [ˈtɔrˌment] noun Word forms torment : singular torment plural torments a) [countable/uncountable] severe physical or mental pain that someone suffers, often caused deliberately by someone else Her eyes revealed the torment …   English dictionary

• torment — torments, tormenting, tormented (The noun is pronounced [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)ment[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]tɔː(r)me̱nt[/t]].) 1) N UNCOUNT Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. She is my first ever girlfriend, a source both of… …   English dictionary

• torment — tor|ment1 [ tɔr,ment ] noun count or uncount severe physical or mental pain that someone suffers, often caused deliberately by someone else: Her eyes revealed the torment in her mind. The prisoners would soon suffer worse torments. a. count… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• torment — 1 noun 1 (U) severe mental or physical suffering, often lasting a long time: in torment: She lay awake all night in torment. 2 (C) someone or something that makes you suffer 2 verb (T) 1 to make someone suffer a lot, especially so that they feel… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• torment — 1. noun 1) months of mental and emotional torment Syn: agony, suffering, torture, pain, anguish, misery, distress, affliction, trauma, wretchedness; hell, purgatory 2) it was a torment to see him like that Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• torment — 1. noun emotional torment Syn: agony, suffering, torture, pain, anguish, misery, distress, trauma 2. verb 1) she was tormented by shame Syn: torture, afflict, rack, harrow …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary