From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Torment \Tor"ment\, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L.
tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of
torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist,
hurl. See {Turture}.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Elyot.
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2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of
misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer.
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The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment within me. --Milton.
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3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
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They brought unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv.
24.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. " Art
thou come hither to torment us before our time? " --Matt.
viii. 29.
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2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
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3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
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4. To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main
wing, tormented all the air." --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
torment
n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: {torture}, {torment}]
2: extreme mental distress [syn: {anguish}, {torment},
{torture}]
3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn:
{agony}, {torment}, {torture}]
4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so
great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
tormentors" [syn: {harassment}, {torment}]
5: a severe affliction [syn: {curse}, {torment}]
6: the act of harassing someone [syn: {badgering}, {worrying},
{torment}, {bedevilment}]
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
{excruciate}, {rack}]
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {dun},
{frustrate}]
3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
according to the Bible" [syn: {torture}, {excruciate},
{torment}]
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