torment

[US]/ˈtɔːment/
[UK]/ˈtɔːrment/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cause great physical or mental suffering
n. great physical or mental suffering or anguish

Phrases & Collocations

tormenting thoughts

mental torment

Example Sentences

be tormented by toothache

the journey must have been a torment for them.

he was tormented by jealousy.

it is unethical to torment any creature for entertainment.

tormented by migraine headaches;

The knowledge of his guilt tormented him.

It was wicked of you to torment the poor girl.

He suffered torments from his aching teeth.

He has never suffered the torment of rejection.

those who caused great torment to others rarely got their just deserts.

every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I live alone.

"Next, I solve my psychological problem, arrived 1999 2003 among these a few years, I paid enormous psychological price, be tormented a bit jumpily.

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