Definitions for torment
tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔr mɛnt; ˈtɔr mɛnttor·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. torture, tormentnoun

   unbearable physical pain

2. anguish, torment, torturenoun

   extreme mental distress

3. agony, torment, torturenoun

   intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

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

4. harassment, tormentnoun

   a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

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

5. curse, tormentnoun

   a severe affliction

6. badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilmentverb

   the act of harassing someone

7. torment, torture, excruciate, rackverb

   torment emotionally or mentally

8. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrateverb

   treat cruelly

   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

9. torture, excruciate, tormentverb

   subject to torture

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tormentnoun

   A catapult or other kind of war-engine.

2. tormentnoun

   Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.

3. tormentnoun

   Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

   He was bitter from the torments of the insipid divorce system.

4. 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.

5. Etymology: torment, from tormentum

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Tormentnoun

   Etymology: tourmenter, Fr.

   1. To put to pain; to harrass with anguish; to excruciate.

   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.

   2. To teaze; to vex with importunity.3. To put into great agitation. [ tormente, Fr. a great storm.]

   They soaring on main wing
   Tormented all the air. John Milton.

2. TORMENTnoun

   Etymology: tourment, French.

   1. Any thing that gives pain.

   They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and he healed them. Mat.

   2. Pain; misery; anguish.3. Penal anguish; torture.

   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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tormentnoun

   an engine for casting stones

2. Tormentnoun

   extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind

3. Tormentnoun

   that which gives pain, vexation, or misery

4. Tormentverb

   to put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture

5. Tormentverb

   to pain; to distress; to afflict

6. Tormentverb

   to tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances

7. Tormentverb

   to put into great agitation

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1. 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.

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1. 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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1. torment

   Song lyrics by torment -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by torment on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Affliction
   • Anguish
   • Injure
   • Pain
   • Suffering

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of torment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of torment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of torment in a Sentence

1. XinR Alarm:

   Because it’s the pain that brings me pleasure It’s that torment that I treasure It’s the suffering that keeps me alive It’s in this misery that I thrive

2. Soren Kierkegaard:

   A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say. "May new sufferings torment your soul."

3. Sarah Bajc on Monday:

   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.

4. Steve Spurrier:

   It's a simple truth that the greater your accomplishments -- your victories -- the greater opposition, torment, and discouragement your enemies will throw in your path. Expect it and don't become a victim of it, so I'm telling our fans expect those people that are our enemies to talk bad about us.

5. Elizabeth Báthory:

   God, if you exist behind the Holy Scriptures then you have abandoned me. In war hundreds are killed and tortured and they are left there to rot and feed the vultures. And yet, we glorify our warriors. We give them laurel wreaths and honors. But all I get is torment, I cannot be humiliated this way. Give me an illness that will kill me fast. I cannot do it myself, I must go to heaven. Amen.

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