torment
🇺🇸
/ˈtɔːrment/
🇬🇧
/ˈtɔːment/
noun
R
very bad pain or suffering, especially in the mind
The constant noise was a torment that made it hard to sleep.
verb
R
to cause someone to suffer very much
Bad memories can torment a person for many years.
R
to annoy or bother someone or an animal in a mean way
The older children would torment the cat by pulling its tail.
translation
very bad pain or suffering, especially in the mind
to cause someone to suffer very much; to annoy or bother someone or an animal in a mean way
Word Forms
3rd Present
torments
Past
tormented
Perfect
tormented
Progressive
tormenting
Plural
torments