torment

1. 1.

   torment emotionally or mentally

   Synonymstortureexcruciaterack

   Broaderpain
2. 2.

   treat cruelly

   “The children tormented the stuttering teacher”

   Synonymsragbedevilcrucifydunfrustrate

   Broaderharass

   Narrowermaddenhamstringteasepersecute
3. 3.

   subject to torture

   “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”

   Synonymstortureexcruciate

   Broaderinjure

   Narrowerrackmartyr

Other forms of torment

plural

torments·

past tense

tormented·

present participle

tormenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about torment

What does torment mean?

torment means "unbearable physical pain". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in torment?

torment has 2 syllables: tor-ment. The stress falls on "tor". In IPA it is /ˈtɔɹˌmɛnt/.

What is another word for torment?

Close synonyms include torture, anguish, torture, agony, 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 torment a common word?

torment is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with torment?

5 words rhyme with torment. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.