| VERB | emotion | torment, torture, excruciate, rack | torment emotionally or mentally |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly | |
| body | torment, torture, excruciate | subject to torture | |
| NOUN | state | torment, torture | unbearable physical pain |
| feeling | torment, anguish, torture | extreme / extreme mental distress | |
| feeling | torment, agony, torture | intense feelings of suffering | |
| feeling | torment, harassment | a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | |
| event | torment, curse | a severe affliction | |
| act | torment, badgering, worrying, bedevilment | the act of harassing someone |
| Sounds | taormeh'nt; tao'rmeh.nt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | Unbearable physical pain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | torture | |
| Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
| Spanish | martirio, suplicio, tormento, tortura | |
| Catalan | martiri, suplici, tortura, turment | |
| Verbs | torment | subject to torture |
| Meaning | extreme / extreme mental distress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | anguish, torture | |
| Broader | distress, hurt, suffering | psychological suffering |
| Spanish | agonía, angustia, martirio, suplicio, torcedor, tormento, tortura | |
| Catalan | tortura, turment | |
| Verbs | torment | torment emotionally or mentally |
| Meaning | Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the torments of the damned" | |
| Synonyms | agony, torture | |
| Broader | suffering, hurt | Feelings of mental or physical pain |
| Spanish | agonía, tormento | |
| Catalan | agonia | |
| Verbs | torment | torment emotionally or mentally |
| Meaning | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" | |
| Synonym | harassment | |
| Broader | annoyance, chafe, vexation | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
| Spanish | acoso, tormento | |
| Catalan | encalçament, turment | |
| Verbs | torment | treat cruelly |
| Meaning | A severe affliction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | curse | |
| Broader | affliction | A cause of great suffering and distress |
| Spanish | maldición, tormento | |
| Catalan | maledicció | |
| Meaning | The act of harassing someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | badgering, worrying, bedevilment | |
| Broader | harassment, molestation | The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks / attacks and criticism |
| Spanish | fastidio, suplicio, tormento | |
| Catalan | suplici, turment | |
| Verbs | torment | treat cruelly |
| Meaning | torment emotionally or mentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will torment him | |
| Synonyms | torture, excruciate, rack | |
| Broader | pain, anguish, hurt | Cause emotional anguish / anguish or make miserable |
| Spanish | atormentar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | martiritzar, torturar | |
| Nouns | torment | intense feelings of suffering |
| torment | extreme / extreme mental distress | |
| tormentor, tormenter | someone who torments | |
| Meaning | treat cruelly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" | |
| Synonyms | rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | |
| Narrower | hamstring | make ineffective or powerless |
| madden | Drive up the wall | |
| persecute, oppress | Cause to suffer | |
| tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently | |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
| Spanish | atormentar, frustrar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | frustrar, martiritzar, torturar, turmentar | |
| Nouns | torment | the act of harassing someone |
| torment | a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | |
| tormentor, tormenter | someone who torments | |
| Meaning | subject to torture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to torment the prisoners | |
| Example | "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" | |
| Synonyms | torture, excruciate | |
| Narrower | martyr, martyrize, martyrise | torture and torment like a martyr |
| rack | torture on the rack | |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Spanish | atormentar, torturar | |
| Catalan | torturar, turmentar | |
| Nouns | torment | unbearable physical pain |
| tormenter | someone who torments | |
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