Complete Definition of "torment"

English

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

  1. Pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

#:He was bitter from the torments of the insipid divorce system.

Translations
trans-top|pain
Arabic: تعذ�ب
Czech: utrpení
Danish: smerte
Dutch: kwelling
Estonian: piin
Finnish: piina
French: tourment
German: Qual f
Greek: μα����ιο
Hungarian: kín
Icelandic: kvöl
Italian: cruccio m
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Japanese: ��
Korean: 고�
Latvian: mokas
Lithuanian: kan�ia
Norwegian: pine, kval, lidelse
Polish: m�ka
Romanian: chin n
Russian: м��ение
Slovak: utrpenie
Slovenian: muka
Spanish: tormento
Swedish: plåga, pina, kval
Turkish: �iddetli acı, azap
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Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

#:The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

Translations
trans-top|to cause severe suffering
Arabic: �عذ���ب
German: quälen
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Polish: m�czy�, n�ka�, trapi�
Romanian: chinui
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Derived terms
tormentor

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