(~ed)
1.
Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
The ~ of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.
= anguish
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2.
A ~ is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the ~s of being a writer...
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3.
If something ~s you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
At times the memories returned to ~ her...
= torture
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.
My older brother and sister used to ~ me by singing it to me.
VERB: V n