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torment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/
• /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mənt/

Etymology

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2. (countable, uncountable) Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
   • I've gone through living torment.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
   • They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:24:
   • He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.

Forms

Deriveds

tormentful · tormentuous · tormentous · tormentless · tormentry

Relateds

torture

Synonyms

pain · wark · misery · anguish · grief · hardship · torment · rend · trouble · pain · smart · distress · difficulty · torture

Translations (112)

la supplicium (extreme pain) · mk мака (extreme pain) · gv angaaish (extreme pain) · fa عذاب (extreme pain) · izh mookka (extreme pain) · pl udręka (extreme pain) · fi piina (extreme pain) · uz azob (extreme pain) · ar عَذَاب (extreme pain) · ro zbucium (extreme pain) · tr azap (extreme pain) · el μαρτύριο (extreme pain) · ru муче́ние (extreme pain) · it tormento (extreme pain) · ru му́ка (extreme pain) · tr işkence (extreme pain) · is kvöl (extreme pain) · sh mȕka (extreme pain) · cs utrpení (extreme pain) · sq vuajtje (extreme pain) · sh му̏ка (extreme pain) · hu kín (extreme pain) · ga céasadh (extreme pain) · sl mučenje (extreme pain) · ug ئازاب (extreme pain) · sh pàtnja (extreme pain) · hi कष्ट (extreme pain) · sv plåga (extreme pain) · dlm tormiant (extreme pain) · ps عذاب (extreme pain) · ka წვალება (extreme pain) · cmn 苦痛 (extreme pain) · cs mučení (extreme pain) · it martirio (extreme pain) · hi यातना (extreme pain) · fr tourment (extreme pain) · sdc tuimmentu (extreme pain) · sdn tulmentu (extreme pain) · bg изтеза́ние (extreme pain) · enm pyne (extreme pain) · tk azap (extreme pain) · pdt Kjwal (extreme pain) · sv pina (extreme pain) · fi tuska (extreme pain) · sc trumentu (extreme pain) · ky азап (extreme pain) · tg азоб (extreme pain) · txb krāso (extreme pain) · be паку́та (extreme pain) · cs muka (extreme pain) · sdn malturìziu (extreme pain) · hy չարչարանք (extreme pain) · bg мъ́ка (extreme pain) · pl męka (extreme pain) · de Qual (extreme pain) · sc tormentu (extreme pain) · sh па̀тња (extreme pain) · uk му́ка (extreme pain) · fur torment (extreme pain) · lv mokas (extreme pain) · no kval (extreme pain) · tt азап (extreme pain) · be му́ка (extreme pain) · sk muka (extreme pain) · cs soužení (extreme pain) · ru истяза́ние (extreme pain) · mba sakit (extreme pain) · hy տանջանք (extreme pain) · tr şiddetli acı (extreme pain) · cs trýzeň (extreme pain) · ja 苦痛 (extreme pain) · sdc marthìriu (extreme pain) · ro turment (extreme pain) · eo turmento (extreme pain) · ota اضطراب (extreme pain) · ms azab (extreme pain) · got 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 (extreme pain) · hi पीड़ा (extreme pain) · sl muka (extreme pain) · ko 고통 (extreme pain) · la poena (extreme pain) · no pine (extreme pain) · az əzab (extreme pain) · et piin (extreme pain) · sv kval (extreme pain) · fa شکنجه (extreme pain) · id azab (extreme pain) · uk стражда́ння (extreme pain) · la malum (extreme pain) · da smerte (extreme pain) · ca turment (extreme pain) · gd cràdh (extreme pain) · lt kančia (extreme pain) · pt tormento (extreme pain) · no lidelse (extreme pain) · id keazaban (extreme pain) · sk utrpenie (extreme pain) · pl cierpienie (extreme pain) · az işgəncə (extreme pain) · io tormento (extreme pain) · kk азап (extreme pain) · ro chin (extreme pain) · ga ciapadh (extreme pain) · ga crá croí (extreme pain) · av гӏазаб (extreme pain) · txg 𗀀𗴐 (extreme pain) · ga crá (extreme pain) · gl tormento (extreme pain) · nl kwelling (extreme pain) · es tormento (extreme pain) · la cruciātus (extreme pain) · it supplizio (extreme pain)

torment en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
   • But the divine children were both noisy and mischievous. They tormented their venerable grandmother with their shrill uproar and tricky behaviour. 1913, Lewis Spence, chapter V, in The Myths of Mexico and Peru:
   • The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
   • Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand. 2013 September 22, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

Deriveds

tormentful · tormentuous · tormentor · tormentless · tormentry · tormentable

Synonyms

aggrieve · pine · throe · trouble · torture · harass · afflict · rend · anguish · harrow · lacerate · plague · atray · torment · dere · irritate · engrieve · pang · excruciate · rack · ache · agonize · wring · afflict · vex · aggrieve · excruciate · torment · wring · torture · grame · distress · hurt · afflict · cag · harry

Translations (66)

cs soužit (to cause severe suffering) · es atormentar (to cause severe suffering) · ga céas (to cause severe suffering) · az əzmək (to cause severe suffering) · sa लुम्बति (to cause severe suffering) · id menghantui (to cause severe suffering) · bg измъчвам (to cause severe suffering) · ro chinui (to cause severe suffering) · ru му́чить (to cause severe suffering) · el βασανίζω (to cause severe suffering) · enm gripen (to cause severe suffering) · enm pynen (to cause severe suffering) · id mengazab (to cause severe suffering) · it affliggere (to cause severe suffering) · fr tourmenter (to cause severe suffering) · ur سَتانا (to cause severe suffering) · ca turmentar (to cause severe suffering) · da pine (to cause severe suffering) · sw kutesa (to cause severe suffering) · it martoriare (to cause severe suffering) · la macero (to cause severe suffering) · ga ciap (to cause severe suffering) · pt judiar (to cause severe suffering) · la torqueō (to cause severe suffering) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to cause severe suffering) · grc βασανίζω (to cause severe suffering) · ja 苦しめる (to cause severe suffering) · izh mookata (to cause severe suffering) · de quälen (to cause severe suffering) · pt atormentar (to cause severe suffering) · lt kankinti (to cause severe suffering) · hy չարչարել (to cause severe suffering) · enm grippen (to cause severe suffering) · sl mučiti (to cause severe suffering) · ja 苛む (to cause severe suffering) · ru истяза́ть (to cause severe suffering) · tr acı çektirmek (to cause severe suffering) · ga cráigh (to cause severe suffering) · pl trapić (to cause severe suffering) · de peinigen (to cause severe suffering) · pl męczyć (to cause severe suffering) · it torturare (to cause severe suffering) · ar عَذَّبَ (to cause severe suffering) · io tenaliagar (to cause severe suffering) · fa آزار دادن (to cause severe suffering) · nl pijnigen (to cause severe suffering) · sv plåga (to cause severe suffering) · it tormentare (to cause severe suffering) · nl kwellen (to cause severe suffering) · pl nękać (to cause severe suffering) · ga páisigh (to cause severe suffering) · cs trýznit (to cause severe suffering) · ro tortura (to cause severe suffering) · sa क्लिश्नाति (to cause severe suffering) · eo turmenti (to cause severe suffering) · tr çile çektirmek (to cause severe suffering) · it angustiare (to cause severe suffering) · izh kiusata (to cause severe suffering) · io tormentar (to cause severe suffering) · pt maltratar (to cause severe suffering) · da plage (to cause severe suffering) · mi whakatīwheta (to cause severe suffering) · gl atormentar (to cause severe suffering) · pdt kjwälen (to cause severe suffering) · sv pina (to cause severe suffering) · fi piinata (to cause severe suffering)