TORMENT


Meaning of TORMENT in English

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

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.