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torment

/tɔr'mɛnt/

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verb
treat cruelly
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"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

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bedevil crucify dun frustrate rag

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plague provoke harass harry hassle chevvy chevy molest chivvy chivy beset
verb
subject to torture
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"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

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excruciate torture

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injure wound
noun
extreme mental distress
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anguish torture

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suffering distress hurt
noun
the act of harassing someone
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badgering bedevilment worrying

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molestation harassment
verb
torment emotionally or mentally
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excruciate rack torture

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hurt pain anguish
noun
unbearable physical pain
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torture

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hurting pain
noun
a severe affliction
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curse

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affliction
noun
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
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"so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

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harassment

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vexation chafe annoyance
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intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
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"the torments of the damned"

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agony torture

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hurt suffering

Examples of torment

"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
"so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
"the torments of the damned"