The noun is pronounced /tɔ:(r)ment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔ:(r)ment/.
( tormented)
1.
Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.
= anguish
N-UNCOUNT
2.
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...
N-COUNT
3.
If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
At times the memories returned to torment her...
= torture
VERB : V n
4.
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.
VERB : V n