Torment - Definition

n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment]
2: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment,
torture]
3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn:
agony, torment, torture]
4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so
great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment]
5: a severe affliction [syn: curse, torment]
6: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying,
torment, bedevilment]
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture,
excruciate, rack]
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun,
frustrate]
3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate,
torment]