Torment

Etymology - From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting"), from torquere (“to twist").

Pronunciation (noun) (UK) IPA

/ˈtɔ"mɛnt/ (verb) (UK) IPA: /tɔ"ˈmɛnt/

Noun - torment (plural torments)

1.(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.

2.Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.

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

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

Synonyms

See also pain

Verb - to torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past, and past participle tormented)

1.(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

Derived terms

tormentor

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