torment has definitions from the fields of psychology,medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) unbearable physical pain

Synonyms

torture

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Hell 's own amount of chaulmoogra_oil did nothing to alleviate their torment ; they expired amid indescribable fantods , imploring the Blessed_One to forgive their desecration .

Related terms

pain torture

2
[ noun ] (psychology) extreme mental distress

Synonyms

anguish torture

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

They marched with bayonets fixed , and as fixed on their faces was anger , fear , and torment .

Related terms

distress pain

3
[ noun ] intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Synonyms

agony torture

Examples

"an agony of doubt" "the torments of the damned"

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

They caused my love for Jessica to become warmer and at_the_same_time more hopeless , as if my adolescent self knew that only torment would ever bring me the courage to ask to see her again .

Related terms

suffering agonize

4
[ verb ] torment emotionally or mentally

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The tensions accompanying a repressive consciousness of wrongdoing or sinning or some tormenting secret are relieved for the less self-contained or self-sufficient by confession , repentance , and penance .

5
[ verb ] treat cruelly

Examples

"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

6
[ noun ] a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

Synonyms

harassment

Examples

"so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

Related terms

annoyance

7
[ noun ] a severe affliction

Synonyms

curse

Related terms

affliction

8
[ verb ] subject to torture

Synonyms

torture excruciate

Examples

"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

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[ noun ] the act of harassing someone

Related terms

harassment

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