Dictionary definition · torment
noun
- unbearable physical pain
- extreme mental distress
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain"an agony of doubt"
- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented"so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
- a severe affliction
- the act of harassing someone
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- treat cruelly"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- subject to torture"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).