torment

torment
v
1. agonize, excruciate, torture, rack, martyr, crucify; pain, hurt, scathe, lacerate, wring, put someone through the wringer; persecute, abuse, beat, Archaic. belabor.
2. anguish, distress, harrow, worry, trouble, disturb, Scot. fash; afflict, plague, vex, annoy, beleaguer, harass, harry, hector, badger, hound, bother, pester, Brit. chevy; exasperate, aggravate, irritate, gall, rub, chafe, roil, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. drive up the wall; provoke, needle, nettle, bullyrag, tease, Brit. rag.
3. perturb, upset, derange, agitate, convulse, toss, rattle, shake up, stir up; confuse, addle, muddle, Inf. drive crazy; unnerve, discompose, ruffle, fluster, disconcert, discomfit, disquiet, Inf. faze.
n
4. agony, misery, suffering, wretchedness, martyrdom; pain, hurt, wound, sting, pang; anguish, distress, woe, tribulation, trouble, hell.
5. torture, infliction, rack, lancination; atrocity, ag-grievement, outrage, wrong.
6. affliction, plague, adversity, scourge, curse, thorn; irritation, aggravation, vexation, annoyancy, thorn in one's flesh or side; nuisance, rub, chafe, bother, pest, pain in the neck.

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  • torment — vb torture, rack, *afflict, try Analogous words: *worry, annoy, harry, harass, plague, pester: distress, *trouble: *bait, badger, hector: agonize, *writhe …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • torment — [tôr′ment΄; ] for v. [ tôr ment′, tôr′ment΄] n. [OFr < L tormentum, a rack, instrument of torture, torture, pain, orig., machine for twisting or throwing < torquere, to twist, whirl around, fling: see TORT] 1. Obs. an instrument of torture… …   English World dictionary

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