torment

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tor|ment (torments tormenting tormented)
The noun is pronounced /t'ɔːrment/ The verb is pronounced /tɔːrm'ent/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.
= anguish
2 [N-COUNT]
A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...
3 [VERB] V n
If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
At times the memories returned to torment her...
= torture
4 [VERB] V n
If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.
My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.

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