torment

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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.

Têgeh

kêşa

kêþa

دهرد

Hevwate

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

Werger

quälen

tourmenter

tormentare

tormento

torture

tormento

tourment

tormento

Qual

torturer

atormentar

kwelling

peinigen

torturar

kwellen

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: torment

In summary

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