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Definition of Torment

Torment
Torment Tor*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. tormented; p. pr. & vb. n. tormenting.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.] 1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art thou come hither to torment us before our time? ' --Matt. viii. 29. 2. To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. --Matt. viii. 6. 3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.] 4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air.' --Milton.
Torment
Torment Tor"ment, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L. tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See Turture.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. 2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer. The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me. --Milton. 3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv. 24.

Meaning of Torment from wikipedia

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- Tormented refers to someone that has been subjected to a torment, such as the tormento della corda. It may also refer to: Tormented (1960 film), a thriller...
- Planescape: Torment is a 1999 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment for Windows. The game takes...
- Torment: Tides of Numenera is a role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Techland Publishing for Microsoft Windows,...
- Torment is the second novel in the Fallen series written by Lauren Kate. It is a young adult, fantasy, paranormal romance published in 2010 under Delacorte...
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- reconstructed from Old Norse hel-víti '****', Old English ****e-wíte '****-torment, ****', Old Saxon ****i-wīti '****', and the Middle High German feminine...
- block. It consists of a trio of expansion sets: Odyssey (September, 2001), Torment (February, 2002) and Judgment (May, 2002). The storyline of Odyssey leaps...
- **** (French: L'Enfer), titled Torment in the USA, is a 1994 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was adapted by Chabrol from the screenplay...
- punishment are also the source of the English word tantalize, meaning to torment with the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing...