Overview of noun torment

The noun torment has 6 senses

• torture, torment -- (unbearable physical pain)


• anguish, torment, torture -- (extreme mental distress)


• agony, torment, torture -- (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned")


• harassment, torment -- (a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors")


• curse, torment -- (a severe affliction)


• badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment -- (the act of harassing someone)

Overview of verb torment

The verb torment has 3 senses

• torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)


• torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate -- (treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher")


• torture, excruciate, torment -- (subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible")