torment

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

tourmenter

torture

tourment

torturer

supplice

faire souffrir

tenailler

embêter

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harceler

tracasser

douleur

mal

malédiction

martyriser

peine

persécuter

question

❓

souffrance

tarabuster

turlupiner

chicoter

être au supplice

agaçons

torturez

torturons

abattement

torturent

affres de la mort

agacer

agonie

angoisse

angoisse de la mort

battre

calvaire

enquiquiner

harcèlement

importuner

Synonymes

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

Traductions

quälen

tormentare

tormento

tormento

tormento

Qual

kwelling

atormentar

tortura

peinigen

suplicio

torturar

atormentar

kwellen

turment

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: torment

In summary

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