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torment
verb(tor-ment)
treat cruelly
Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag,
Examples:
The children tormented the stuttering teacher.
torment
verb(tor-ment)
subject to torture
Synonyms: excruciate, torture,
Examples:
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible.
torment
noun(tor-ment)
extreme mental distress
Synonyms: anguish, torture,
torment
noun(tor-ment)
the act of harassing someone
Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, worrying,
torment
verb(tor-ment)
torment emotionally or mentally
Synonyms: excruciate, rack, torture,
torment
noun(tor-ment)
unbearable physical pain
Synonyms: torture,
torment
noun(tor-ment)
a severe affliction
Synonyms: curse,
torment
noun(tor-ment)
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
Synonyms: harassment,
Examples:
So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors.
torment
noun(tor-ment)
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
Synonyms: agony, torture,
Examples:
The torments of the damned.

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