torment
noun/ˈtɔːment/
/ˈtɔːrment/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)- extreme pain, especially mental pain; a person or thing that causes this synonym anguish
- She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.
- in torment the cries of a man in torment
- The flies were a terrible torment.
Extra Examples- Hell as a place of eternal torment
- The sea wailed like a soul in torment.
- the torment inflicted on a young girl by her mother
- Somehow, with her soul in torment, she managed to get through the day.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- emotional
- inner
- …
- endure
- suffer
- escape
- …
- in torment
- be released from torment
Word OriginMiddle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.Want to learn more?
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