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torment English

Meaning torment meaning

What does torment mean?

torment

torment emotionally or mentally (= torture) unbearable physical pain (= agony) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain an agony of doubt the torments of the damned (= anguish) extreme mental distress treat cruelly The children tormented the stuttering teacher (= harassment) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors (= curse) a severe affliction (= badgering) the act of harassing someone (= torture) subject to torture The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

Synonyms torment synonyms

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Topics torment topics

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Conjugation torment conjugation

How do you conjugate torment?

torment · verb

Examples torment examples

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Simple sentences

His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.
I don't want to torment you any longer.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Please don't torment me any longer.
Why do you torment me?

Movie subtitles

Wenka learns the torment of jealousy.
Two monsters torment some of the damned with their sharp teeth.
You will die in torment if you die with innocent blood on your soul.
I would die in torment if I tried.
And you shall die in torment if you let innocent blood stain your soul.
I have no control over this this evil thing inside me, the fire, the voices, the torment!
I'll go and torment her a while.
I can still see and hear that wild hour. with poor Heathcliff trying to tear away the veil between death and life. crying out to Cathy's soul. to haunt him and torment him. till he died.
You know, portrait of a lamp shade upside-down. to represent a soul in torment.
And I pray to him not to send you a son. for he'll only grow up to torment you. and let you die every Sunday afternoon. just as you are dying now.
Don't torment me this way.
Why is waiting no longer a torment?
Don't torment yourself.
I'm not going to stick around if you're going to torment me.
Up until now, I've done nothing but torment every one of you.
If you would just let go and forget everything, your torment would end.
To torment the heart of a child. that held a deep love for you.
With perfect firmness, The worry and torment that David has occasioned her today. David, you and I will go upstairs, boy.
Ever since that day you went away. I've been in torment thinking something might happen to you. and you'd never know.
They torment me.
What torment, when inside you there's an entire orchestra, a whole universe!
You may know him, but I love him, and I see his torment.
Torment. That's meaningless.
I'm not going to stick around if you're going to torment me!
That way. he won't torment himself anymore and will heal.
Well, Sid don't torment a body the way you do.
Not this modern stuff, I hope, you know, portrait of a lampshade upside down to represent a soul in torment.
For the sins of the Zaporizhian Sich I accept the torment!
I'm sorry, Chris, but why do you torment me about something that's over and done with?
You were warned! Don't torment me.
Rosa, why do you torment yourself like this?
How can I work if I'm wasting away under this torment?
You can count on me to perform faithfully. as long as it pleases you to keep Marcel in torment.
So when we crack it we must not torment it. We must be merciful and execute it quickly, like with the guillotine.
Oh, who shall hinder me to wail and weep. to chide my fortune and torment myself?
Of that rot did you get out. So to torment an old woman?

News and current affairs

Waterboarding could last 40 seconds at most, though two prisoners were subjected to this torment a combined total of 286 times in a single month.
Britain's torment over EU membership is rooted in history: In 1946, Winston Churchill famously advocated a United States of Europe - but without Britain.
Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment.
Indeed, Nigeria's torment is shared by many other African countries, and the motivation behind the kidnapping derives from an ideology that is global.

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