torment
Meaning
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To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
Synonyms
make suffer
cause anguish
cause to suffer
gnaw at
prey on one’s mind
inflict pain
self-mortification
cause anxiety
extreme suffering
nag at
difficult deeds
doing what is difficult to do
press heavily
sarrow
be cruel to
enrage
be distressed
cause pain
do violence to
eat at
press hard
treat badly
treat cruelly
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).
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