What does Torment mean?
Definitions for Torment
tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt; ˈtɔr mɛnttor·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
torture, tormentnoun
unbearable physical pain
anguish, torment, torturenoun
extreme mental distress
agony, torment, torturenoun
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
harassment, tormentnoun
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
"so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
curse, tormentnoun
a severe affliction
badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilmentverb
the act of harassing someone
torment, torture, excruciate, rackverb
torment emotionally or mentally
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrateverb
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
torture, excruciate, tormentverb
subject to torture
"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
Wiktionary
tormentnoun
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
tormentnoun
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
tormentnoun
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
He was bitter from the torments of the insipid divorce system.
tormentverb
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
Etymology: torment, from tormentum
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Tormentnoun
Etymology: tourmenter, Fr.
No sleep close up that deadly eye of thine,
Unless it be while some tormenting dream
Affrights thee with a hell of ugly devils. William Shakespeare.I am glad to be constrain’d to utter what
Torments me to conceal. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.Art thou come to torment us before the time? Mat. viii.
They soaring on main wing
Tormented all the air. John Milton.TORMENTnoun
Etymology: tourment, French.
They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and he healed them. Mat.
No prisoners there, inforc’d by torments, cry;
But fearless by their old tormentors lie. George Sandys, Paraph.Not sharp revenge, not hell itself can find
A fiercer torment than a guilty mind,
Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse,
Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews. Dryd.
ChatGPT
torment
Torment refers to severe physical or mental suffering, anguish, or distress. It can also refer to the act of inflicting such suffering or distress on someone.
Webster Dictionary
Tormentnoun
an engine for casting stones
Tormentnoun
extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind
Tormentnoun
that which gives pain, vexation, or misery
Tormentverb
to put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture
Tormentverb
to pain; to distress; to afflict
Tormentverb
to tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances
Tormentverb
to put into great agitation
Wikidata
Torment
Torment is the second set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This expansion set, which focused on black, is unique in that it is the first set to focus on a single color. It has 40 Black cards, 28 Blue cards, 28 Red cards, 21 Green Cards and 21 White cards. This imbalance is, however, balanced by the release of the third expansion set in the Odyssey Block, Judgment.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Torment
tor′ment, n. torture: anguish: that which causes pain.—v.t. Torment′, to torture: to put to extreme pain, physical or mental: to distress: to afflict.—p.adj. Tormen′ted (U.S.), a euphemism for damned.—adj. Tormen′ting, causing torment.—adv. Tormen′tingly, in a tormenting manner.—ns. Tormen′tor, -er, one who, or that which, torments: (B.) a torturer, an executioner: a long meat-fork: a wing in the first groove of a stage; Tormen′tum, a whirligig. [O. Fr.,—L. tormentum, an engine for hurling stones—L. torquēre, to twist.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Torment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Torment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Torment in a Sentence
The last few days has been torment. It's brought everything back. We're just reliving what we've gone through, it's a horrible nightmare.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
I’ve struggled to find a word that could hold in its meaning both the attack and my experience of it. The closest I found is this: ‘severe or excruciating pain or suffering (of body or mind); anguish, agony, torment; the infliction of such.’ This is a definition of torture, for four hours I experienced literal torture of body and of mind, not knowing if I would survive the next minute—yet needing to find some way to save my life.
Today's society has decided it's better to assume, deceive or lie to ourselves to spare our own feelings. When accepted the truth will set us free. Anything aside from that will torment us. Feelings are made from thoughts; thoughts can be controled. We fall in love because we THINK about how wonderful someone is; we hate because we can't stop THINKING about what they did to us. In the end, WE control our own thoughts and feelings.
The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.
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- تعذيب, عزّبArabic
- turmentar, turmentCatalan, Valencian
- utrpeníCzech
- smerteDanish
- quälen, QualGerman
- μαρτύριοGreek
- turmenti, turmentoEsperanto
- tormento, atormentarSpanish
- piinEstonian
- piina, tuska, piinataFinnish
- tourment, tourmenterFrench
- cráighIrish
- kínHungarian
- չարչարանքArmenian
- menghantui, azab, mengazab, keazabanIndonesian
- tenaliagarIdo
- kvölIcelandic
- tormento, cruccio, tormentare, tarloItalian
- 苦痛Japanese
- 고통, 苦痛Korean
- cruciatusLatin
- kančiaLithuanian
- mokasLatvian
- whakatīwhetaMāori
- kwellen, kwellingDutch
- lidelse, kval, pineNorwegian
- trapić, udręka, męczyć, męka, nękaćPolish
- atormentar, tormento, maltratar, judiarPortuguese
- chinui, turment, zbucium, tortura, chinRomanian
- мука, мучение, истязать, мучитьRussian
- tromentu, turmentu, tormentu, trumentuSardinian
- utrpenieSlovak
- mukaSlovene
- pina, kval, plågaSwedish
- வேதனைTamil
- şiddetli acı, azapTurkish
- мучитиUkrainian
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