torment
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (noun) (UK) IPA: /ˈtɔːmɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /"tO:mEnt/
- (verb) (UK) IPA: /tɔːˈmɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /tO:"mEnt/
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Noun [edit]
torment (plural torments)
- (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
- He was bitter from the torments of the insipid divorce system.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:pain
Translations [edit]
extreme pain
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Verb [edit]
torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past and past participle tormented)
- (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to cause severe suffering
Middle English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French torment, from Latin tormentum
Noun [edit]
torment (plural torments)
- torment (suffering, pain)
Middle French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.
Noun [edit]
torment m (plural torments)
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
torment m (oblique plural tormenz, nominative singular tormenz, nominative plural torment)
- torture
- Et Ewruins, cil Deu mentiz Que lui [Lethgier] a grand torment occist
- (figuratively, by extension) suffering; torment
References [edit]
- "tourment" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old Provençal [edit]
Noun [edit]
torment m (nominative singular torments)
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