torment
verb/tɔːˈment/
/tɔːrˈment/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they torment | /tɔːˈment/ /tɔːrˈment/ |
| he / she / it torments | /tɔːˈments/ /tɔːrˈments/ |
| past simple tormented | /tɔːˈmentɪd/ /tɔːrˈmentɪd/ |
| past participle tormented | /tɔːˈmentɪd/ /tɔːrˈmentɪd/ |
| -ing form tormenting | /tɔːˈmentɪŋ/ /tɔːrˈmentɪŋ/ |
- torment somebody (formal) to make somebody suffer very much synonym plague
- He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
- torment somebody/something to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way synonym torture
Word OriginMiddle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.
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