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torment Definition


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torment
noun
    1. Very great pain, suffering or anxiety.
      Thesaurus: suffering, affliction, torture, anguish, misery, agony, trouble, worry.
    2. Something that causes this.
      Thesaurus: affliction, torture, bane, scourge, misery, trouble, worry.
verb tormented, tormenting
    1. To cause great pain, suffering or anxiety to someone or something.
      Thesaurus: plague, bother, harass, torture, vex,distress, persecute, bedevil.
    2. To pester or harass (eg a child or animal).
Derivative: tormentor
noun
    Someone who torments
      Thesaurus: oppressor, persecutor, enemy.
Etymology: 13c: from Latin tormentum.



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