torment meaning and definition

TORMENT noun

Definition of torment (noun)

1. unbearable physical pain
   • synonyms: torture
2. extreme mental distress
   • synonyms: anguish, torture
3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
   • "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
   • synonyms: agony, torture
4. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
   • "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
   • synonyms: harassment
5. a severe affliction
   • synonyms: curse
6. the act of harassing someone
   • synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, worrying

TORMENT verb

Definition of torment (verb)

1. torment emotionally or mentally
   • synonyms: excruciate, rack, torture
2. treat cruelly
   • "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
   • synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag
3. subject to torture
   • "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
   • synonyms: excruciate, torture