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torment::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag |
| Type of | plague, provoke, harass, harry, hassle, chevvy, chevy, molest, chivvy, chivy, beset |
| Has types | badger, bug, hamstring, madden, tease, oppress, persecute, pester, beleaguer |
| Derivation | tormentor, tormenter |
The children tormented the stuttering teacher.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | badgering, bedevilment, worrying |
| Type of | molestation, harassment |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | curse |
| Type of | affliction |
torment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | harassment |
| Type of | vexation, chafe, annoyance |
so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors.
Examples of torment
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It's the kind of decision that could torment them for years if they pass him by.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
I'm afraid he's trying to manipulate and torment me while I try to move forward.
From the stltoday.com
At the same time, as innocent beings, they surely don't deserve eternal torment.
From the scienceblogs.com
But I took the lesson to heart and now torment my children as my parents did me.
From the thepage.time.com
Alienation may bring emotional torment, but it may also bring imaginative riches.
From the theepochtimes.com
Hearing that may make it seem like my co-workers were right to tease and torment.
From the cnn.com
To give off more depression, Kristn and Lea begin to torment Danielle into tears.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Chris Simms is gone, so the Sooners have another Longhorn quarterback to torment.
From the usatoday.com
The days were bound to come when ambition would begin to torment Manchester City.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Torment emotionally or mentally
- Torture: unbearable physical pain
- Anguish: extreme mental distress
- Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- Agony: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
- Torture: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
- Harassment: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
- Curse: a severe affliction
- Badgering: the act of harassing someone
