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		 noun |  verb tormenttorment1 /ˈtɔrmɛnt/ noun ETYMOLOGYtorment1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French Latin  tormentum  torture, from  torquere  to twist   ► in torment She lay awake all night in torment.   1[uncountable] severe mental or physical suffering, often continuing for a long time:  She lay awake all night in torment.2[countable] someone or something that makes you suffer noun |  verb tormenttorment2 /tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔrmɛnt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtorment |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | torment |   | he, she, it | torments |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tormented |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tormented |   | he, she, it | has tormented |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tormented |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will torment |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tormented |  
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 | Present | I | am tormenting |   | he, she, it | is tormenting |   | you, we, they | are tormenting |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was tormenting |   | you, we, they | were tormenting |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tormenting |   | he, she, it | has been tormenting |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tormenting |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tormenting |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tormenting |  
    1to make someone suffer a lot, especially so that he or she feels guilty or very unhappy:  Jealousy tormented Harriet.2to deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying or hurting him or her:  My older sister loved to torment me.—tormentor noun [countable]—tormented adjective |