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| NOUN | 1 | torment, torture | Unbearable physical pain |
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| 2 | torment, anguish, torture | Extreme mental distress | |
| 3 | torment, agony, torture | Intense feelings of suffering | |
| 4 | torment, harassment | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | |
| 5 | torment, curse | A severe affliction | |
| 6 | torment, badgering, worrying, bedevilment | The act of harassing someone | |
| VERB | 1 | torment, torture, excruciate, rack | Torment emotionally or mentally |
| 2 | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | Treat cruelly | |
| 3 | torment, torture, excruciate | Subject to torture |
| Sounds | taormeh'nt; tao'rmeh.nt |
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| Rhymes | accent, admonishment, advent / Advent, and 66 more rhymes in ehnt... |
| Meaning | Unbearable physical pain. |
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| Synonyms | torture |
| Broader | pain, hurting |
| Verbs | torment |
| Meaning | Extreme mental distress. |
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| Synonyms | anguish, torture |
| Broader | distress, hurt, suffering |
| Verbs | torment |
| Meaning | Intense feelings of suffering. Acute mental or physical pain. |
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| Examples | "the torments of the damned" |
| Synonyms | agony, torture |
| Broader | suffering, hurt |
| Verbs | torment |
| Meaning | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. |
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| Examples | "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" |
| Synonyms | harassment |
| Broader | annoyance, chafe, vexation |
| Verbs | torment |
| Meaning | A severe affliction. |
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| Synonyms | curse |
| Broader | affliction |
| Meaning | The act of harassing someone. |
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| Synonyms | badgering, worrying, bedevilment |
| Broader | harassment, molestation |
| Verbs | torment |
| Meaning | Torment emotionally or mentally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The bad news will torment him |
| Synonyms | torture, excruciate, rack |
| Broader | pain, anguish, hurt |
| Nouns | tormentor, tormenter; torment; tormenter; torment |
| Meaning | Treat cruelly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| Synonyms | rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke |
| Narrower | madden; hamstring; tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer; persecute, oppress |
| Nouns | tormentor, tormenter; torment; torment |
| Meaning | Subject to torture. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to torment the prisoners |
| Examples | "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" |
| Synonyms | torture, excruciate |
| Broader | injure, wound |
| Narrower | rack; martyr, martyrize, martyrise |
| Nouns | tormenter; torment; tormenter |
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