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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
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a severe affliction
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curse

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affliction
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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
noun
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

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