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English noun: torment | |||
| 1. | torment (state) unbearable physical pain | ||
| Synonyms | torture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hurting, pain | ||
| 2. | torment (feeling) extreme mental distress | ||
| Synonyms | anguish, torture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distress, hurt, suffering | ||
| 3. | torment (feeling) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | ||
| Samples | An agony of doubt. The torments of the damned. | ||
| Synonyms | agony, torture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hurt, suffering | ||
| 4. | torment (feeling) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | ||
| Samples | So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors. | ||
| Synonyms | harassment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | annoyance, chafe, vexation | ||
| 5. | torment (event) a severe affliction | ||
| Synonyms | curse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affliction | ||
| 6. | torment (act) the act of harassing someone | ||
| Synonyms | badgering, bedevilment, worrying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harassment, molestation | ||
English verb: torment | |||
| 1. | torment (emotion) torment emotionally or mentally | ||
| Examples | The bad news will torment him | ||
| Synonyms | excruciate, rack, torture | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anguish, hurt, pain | ||
| 2. | torment (emotion) treat cruelly | ||
| Samples | The children tormented the stuttering teacher. | ||
| Synonyms | bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | badger, beleaguer, bug, hamstring, madden, oppress, persecute, pester, tease | ||
| 3. | torment (body) subject to torture | ||
| Samples | The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible. | ||
| Examples | They want to torment the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | excruciate, torture | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | injure, wound | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | martyr, martyrise, martyrize, rack | ||
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