Torment

//ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt//

Definitions

1
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
I've gone through living torment.
3
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
He was bitter from the torments of the divorce.
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1
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.
The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

Word Origin

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

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//ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt//

1
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
I've gone through living torment.
3
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
He was bitter from the torments of the divorce.
Similar
misery pain wark

1
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.
The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

Word Origin

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

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