torment
tor
ˈtɔr
tawr
ment
ˌmɛnt
ment
/tˈɔːmɛnt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "torment"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž

extreme amount of pain or distress experienced either physically or mentally
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prisoner endured years of torment at the hands of his captors.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϟāĻ•āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž, āϚāϰāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ

extreme mental distress
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž

unbearable physical pain
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ

the act of harassing someone
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ

a severe affliction
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž

a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to undergo intense mental pain or distress
Transitive: to torment sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His guilt over the accident tormented him every day.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧāĻŦā§‹āϧ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to subject someone to severe physical suffering
Transitive: to torment sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The medieval executioner devised cruel devices to torment prisoners.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϝ⧁āĻ—ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϜāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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