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Meaning of word torment from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Torment emotionally or mentally.

Synonyms : excruciate, rack, torture

Meaning : Treat cruelly.

Example : The children tormented the stuttering teacher.

Synonyms : bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag

Meaning : Subject to torture.

Example : The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible.

Synonyms : excruciate, torture

Meaning : Unbearable physical pain.

Synonyms : torture

Meaning : Extreme mental distress.

Synonyms : anguish, torture

Meaning : Intense feelings of suffering. Acute mental or physical pain.

Example : An agony of doubt.
The torments of the damned.

Synonyms : agony, torture

Meaning : A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented.

Example : So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors.

Synonyms : harassment

Meaning : A severe affliction.

Synonyms : curse

Meaning : The act of harassing someone.

Synonyms : badgering, bedevilment, worrying

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.