torment

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 abuse, anguish, annoy, badger, bait, beset, besiege, chafe, crucify, discompose, distress, endanger, excruciate, harass, harrow, harry, haze, hector, ill use, inflict, irritate, lacerate, maltreat, mistreat, molest, needle, nettle, obsess, persecute, pester, plague, press, provoke, rile, taunt, tease, treat maliciously, trouble, vex III index annoy, badger, bait (harass), discompose, distress (anguish), distress, endanger, harass, harrow, harry (harass), hector, ill use, inflict, infliction, irritate, mistreat, molest (annoy), obsess, oppression, pain, persecute, pique, plague, press (goad), prey, provoke, trouble

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  • Torment — Datos generales Origen Arequipa, Perú …   Wikipedia Español

  • Torment — Pays d’origine  Perou !Pérou …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Torment — Tor ment, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L. tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See {Turture}.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] Sir T …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Torment — may refer to the following:* The feeling of pain or suffering. * Causing to suffer, torture. * Torment (film) ( Hets ), 1944 film, directed by Alf Sjöberg, screenplay by Ingmar Bergman * , a Magic: The Gathering expansion set released in 2002 * …   Wikipedia

  • torment — Torment, Tormentum, Torsio, Afflictatio, Crux, Cruciatus. Tormens intolerables à l homme, Intolerandi humanae prudentiae cruciatus. Liu. lib. 23. Grief torment, Vexatio. Estant en tourment, Inter poenam. En grand torment, Cruciabiliter. C est… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 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 — Tor*ment , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.] 1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. Art thou come hither to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • torment — [n] severe mental distress affliction, agony, anguish, annoyance, bane, bother, excruciation, harassment, hell, irritation, misery, nag, nagging, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, persecution, pest, plague, provocation, rack, scourge, suffering …   New thesaurus

  • torment — vb torture, rack, *afflict, try Analogous words: *worry, annoy, harry, harass, plague, pester: distress, *trouble: *bait, badger, hector: agonize, *writhe …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • torment — [tôr′ment΄; ] for v. [ tôr ment′, tôr′ment΄] n. [OFr < L tormentum, a rack, instrument of torture, torture, pain, orig., machine for twisting or throwing < torquere, to twist, whirl around, fling: see TORT] 1. Obs. an instrument of torture… …   English World dictionary

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