Found 3 items, similar to torment.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: torment
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: torment
torment
n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn:
torture]
2: extreme mental distress [syn:
anguish,
torture]
3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical
pain;
“an agony of doubt”;
“the torments of the damned”
[syn:
agony,
torture]
4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
“so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
tormentors” [syn:
harassment]
5: a severe affliction [syn:
curse]
6: the act of harassing someone [syn:
badgering,
worrying,
bedevilment]
torment
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn:
torture,
excruciate,
rack]
2: treat cruelly;
“The children tormented the stuttering
teacher” [syn:
rag,
bedevil,
crucify,
dun,
frustrate]
3: subject to torture;
“The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
according to the Bible” [syn:
torture,
excruciate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Torment
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. Elyot.
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2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of
misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer.
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The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment within me. --Milton.
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3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
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They brought unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv.
24.
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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 torment us before our time? ” --Matt.
viii. 29.
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2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
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3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
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4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.
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