torment

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2. (countable, uncountable) Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

Conceptes

turment

turmentar

tortura

suplici

torturar

martiritzar

encalçament

agonia

maledicció

frustrar

martiri

preocupació

Sinònims

torture

pain

harass

trouble

suffering

distress

agony

persecute

anguish

tease

worry

afflict

plague

affliction

oppress

vex

annoy

excruciate

rack

agonize

misery

hurt

ill-treat

grief

pester

bother

sorrow

harrow

irritate

bedevil

exasperate

injure

punish

make suffer

ordeal

curse

harassment

rag

vexation

tantalise

tire

molest

martyrdom

annoyance

exhaust

excruciation

sadness

suffer

hassle

harm

Traduccions

tourmenter

quälen

tormentare

tormento

tourment

torture

tormento

Qual

tormento

torturer

atormentar

kwelling

tortura

torturar

kwellen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: torment

In summary

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