vverb.emotiontorment emotionally or mentallySynset:excruciate rack torment torture
Derivationally Related Form:tormentracktorturertortureexcruciationtormentertormentor
Hypernyms:anguish hurt pain
Inherited Hypernyms:tormentpainupsetarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The bad news will --- him (apply to: torment, torture)
vverb.emotiontreat cruellySynset:bedevil crucify dun frustrate rag torment
Examples:- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Derivationally Related Form:tormentbedevilmentfrustrationcrucifixiontormentertormentor
Hypernyms:beset chevvy chevy chivvy chivy harass harry hassle molest plague provoke
Inherited Hypernyms:tormentharassannoydisplease
Direct Hyponyms:badgerbeleaguerbughamstringmaddenoppresspersecutepestertease
Full Troponyms:hamstringmaddenpersecutepurgetease
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: frustrate)
vverb.bodysubject to tortureSynset:excruciate torment torture
Examples:- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
Derivationally Related Form:tormenttorturingtorturertortureexcruciationtormenter
Hypernyms:injure wound
Inherited Hypernyms:tortureinjurehurtindisposechange
Direct Hyponyms:martyrmartyrisemartyrizerack
Full Troponyms:martyrrack
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: torment, torture)
adj satadj.allexperiencing intense pain especially mental painSynset:anguished tortured
Examples:- an anguished conscience
- a small tormented schoolboy
- a tortured witness to another's humiliation
Antonyms:joyful
Inherited Hypernyms:anguished
Similar to:sorrowful
adj satadj.alltormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fearsSynset:hag-ridden hagridden
Examples:- hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth - C.S.Lewis
Antonyms:untroubled
Inherited Hypernyms:hag-ridden
Similar to:troubled