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Definition of torment
1 : extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : agony
2 : a source of vexation or pain
3 : the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel)
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Examples of torment in a Sentence
No one could understand his inner torment.
After years of torment, she left her husband.
The mosquitoes were a constant torment.
Recent Examples of torment from the Web
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Overseas travel has introduced me to the wonders of electronic Japanese washlets and the torment of squat toilets.
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Often, Stevens’s tales of betrayal and brutal violence between gods don’t really feel like myths at all, and the chaos of the music around him can seem equal parts fanciful sound experiment and depiction of psychic torment.
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The torments inflicted on gay men are designed to humiliate as well as physically harm them.
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The girl’s father, identified as Robert Ranco, claims that the school didn’t discipline any of the students involved in his daughter’s torment.
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Black-and-white cutaways and snippets of testimony highlight a few of the civilians Madoff bilked, but that can't compare to the sheer amount of torment expressed over and over by Andrew, Mark and Ruth.
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As Stumpf probably knew, Tolstedt’s management was a torment for her employees.
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So what happens when police officers are called upon to handle a volatile person in the midst of terrible psychological torment?
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The understated sound of dripping underscores the play’s global anxieties but also hints at the drip, drip, drip of emotional torment.
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Origin and Etymology of torment
Middle English, from Anglo-French turment, torment, from Latin tormentum torture; akin to torquēre to twist — more at 1torture
Definition of torment
Examples of torment in a Sentence
Not knowing where she was tormented him.
he was tormented by nightmares about the accident
First Known Use of torment
14th century
Synonym Discussion of torment
TORMENT Defined for English Language Learners
torment
playDefinition of torment for English Language Learners
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: extreme physical or mental pain
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: something that causes extreme physical or mental pain
torment
playDefinition of torment for English Language Learners
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: to cause (someone or something) to feel extreme physical or mental pain
TORMENT Defined for Kids
Definition of torment for Students
tormented
;tormenting
Definition of torment for Students
1 : extreme pain or distress of body or mind
2 : a cause of suffering in mind or body The waiting was torment.
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