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torment /törˈment/ noun- Physical or mental pain or suffering
- A cause of this
- Torture (archaic)
- An instrument of torture (archaic)
ORIGIN: L tormentum, from torquēre to twist torment /-mentˈ/ transitive verb - To cause extreme pain or suffering to
- To distress
- To afflict
- To pester or tease
- To harass
- To torture (archaic)
- To agitate, stir violently
- To distort, force violently
tormenˈted adjective tormentˈedly adverb tormentˈing noun and adjective tormenˈtingly adverb tormenˈtor or tormenˈter noun - A person or thing that torments
- A torturer, an executioner (Bible)
- A long meat-fork
- A wing in the first groove of a stage, screened from the audience eg by a curtain
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