Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.

    I've gone through living torment.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

    He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.

    Qual

    муче́ниеmučénije, му́каmúka, истяза́ниеistjazánije

    стражда́нняstraždánnja, му́каmúka

    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A catapult or other kind of war-engine.

Examples

88 sentences
  1. Tom tormented me.

    Том мене катував.

    deTom quälte mich.

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  2. I don't want to torment you any longer.

    ruЯ не хочу тебя больше мучить.

    deIch möchte dich nicht länger quälen.

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  3. Stop tormenting yourself.

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  4. Tom tormented Mary.

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  5. Stop tormenting Tom.

    ruПерестань мучить Тома.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
extreme pain:
Deutsch
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extreme pain:

Origin

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something ope

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

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Forms

plural: torments
Singulartorment
Pluraltorments

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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