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adjective
- 1. experiencing or characterized by severe physical or mental suffering: "he is a tormented genius"
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The meaning of TORMENT is extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony. How to use torment in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Torment.
TORMENT definition: 1. great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain: 2. great mental suffering and…. Learn more.
to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
When you have a terrible decision to make, one that will end up hurting someone, you can say that you're tormented. If you're terribly worried about your grandfather's heart surgery, you might have a tormented expression on your face as you sit in the hospital waiting room.
To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains.
tr.v. (tôr-mĕnt′, tôr′mĕnt′) tor·ment·ed, tor·ment·ing, tor·ments. 1. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See Synonyms at afflict. 2. To annoy, pester, or harass: tormented by the children's pleas to be taken to the mall.
torment. verb [ T ] us / tɔːrˈment / uk / tɔːˈment /. to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
noun. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. synonyms: harassment. see more. noun. a severe affliction. synonyms: curse.
torment meaning, definition, what is torment: severe mental or physical suffering: Learn more.
T o torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. T o rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains.
