英语词汇“tormentingness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tor•ment v. [~ + object]

to cause (someone) to feel severe suffering:The disease tormented him night and day.
to worry or annoy too much;
keep bothering;
plague:constantly tormenting me with her schemes.

a state of suffering;
agony;
misery:[uncountable]the torment of cancer.
[countable] something that causes pain or suffering.
[countable] a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.

tor•ment•ing•ly, adv.
tor•men•tor, tor•ment•er, n. [countable]: lost his patience and punched his tormentor in the nose.See -tort-.

tor•ment v.t.

to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering;
pain:to be tormented with violent headaches.
to worry or annoy excessively:to torment one with questions.
to throw into commotion;
stir up;
disturb.

a state of great bodily or mental suffering;
agony;
misery.
something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering.
a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance.
an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew.
the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted.

Old French tormenter, derivative of torment (compare Late Latin tormentāre)
*tork^w-ment- (see torque, -ment); (verb, verbal) Middle English tormenten
Latin tormentum rope, catapult, torture
Old French
(noun, nominal) Middle English 1250–1300

tor•ment′ed•ly, adv.
tor•ment′ing•ly, adv.
tor•ment′ing•ness, n.

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harry, hector, vex, distress, agonize. Torment, rack, torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances:to be tormented by doubts.To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort:to rack one's brains.To torture is to afflict with acute and more or less protracted suffering:to torture one by keeping one in suspense.
2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged plague, pester, tease, provoke, needle, trouble, fret.
4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged torture, distress, anguish.

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged please.

单词	tormentingness
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 tor•ment /v. tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔrmɛnt; n. ˈtɔrmɛnt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object] to cause (someone) to feel severe suffering:The disease tormented him night and day. to worry or annoy too much; keep bothering; plague:constantly tormenting me with her schemes. n. a state of suffering; agony; misery:[uncountable]the torment of cancer. [countable] something that causes pain or suffering. [countable] a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance. tor•ment•ing•ly, adv. tor•men•tor, tor•ment•er, n. [countable]: lost his patience and punched his tormentor in the nose.See -tort-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 tor•ment (v. tôr ment′, tôr′ment;n. tôr′ment),USA pronunciation v.t. to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain:to be tormented with violent headaches. to worry or annoy excessively:to torment one with questions. to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb. n. a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery. something that causes great bodily or mental pain or suffering. a source of much trouble, worry, or annoyance. an instrument of torture, as the rack or the thumbscrew. the infliction of torture by means of such an instrument or the torture so inflicted. Old French tormenter, derivative of torment (compare Late Latin tormentāre) *tork^w-ment- (see torque, -ment); (verb, verbal) Middle English tormenten Latin tormentum rope, catapult, torture Old French (noun, nominal) Middle English 1250–1300 tor•ment′ed•ly, adv. tor•ment′ing•ly, adv. tor•ment′ing•ness, n. 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harry, hector, vex, distress, agonize. Torment, rack, torture suggest causing great physical or mental pain, suffering, or harassment. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances:to be tormented by doubts.To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort:to rack one's brains.To torture is to afflict with acute and more or less protracted suffering:to torture one by keeping one in suspense. 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged plague, pester, tease, provoke, needle, trouble, fret. 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged torture, distress, anguish. 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged please.
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