torment

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

βάσανο

βασανίζω

πόνος

βασανιστήριο

βασανιστήρια

μαρτύριο

τραυματίζω

ταλανίζω

αγωνία

κάνω καζούρα

άλγος

λύπη

βάσανος

κούραση

πληγώνω

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

tourmenter

quälen

tormentare

tormento

tormento

tourment

torture

tormento

Qual

torturer

atormentar

kwelling

peinigen

tortura

torturar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: torment

In summary

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