self-torment

1. 1.

   self-imposed distress

   Synonymsself-torture

   Broaderdistress

Questions about self-torment

What does self-torment mean?

self-torment means "self-imposed distress".

How many syllables are in self-torment?

self-torment has 3 syllables: self--tor-ment. The stress falls on "tor". In IPA it is /ˌsɛlfˈtɔɹˌmɛnt/.

What is another word for self-torment?

Close synonyms include self-torture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-torment a common word?

self-torment is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.