Definition of torment
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony
She wrung her hands piteously together, looking like a soul in torment.— Lucy Maud Montgomery
2
: a source of vexation or pain
Love is a delight; but hate a torment.— Herman Melville … the twin torments of his probable manic depression and chronic stomach pains.— Neal Karlen
3
: the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel)
torment
verb
tormented; tormenting; torments
Definition of torment (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to cause severe usually persistent or recurrent distress of body or mind to
cattle tormented by flies tormented by doubt She liked me, but she laughed at me, and tormented me …— Charles Dickens
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The first known use of torment was in the 13th century
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