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Another word for torment

torment Synonyms

torment

n.

agony, suffering, misery; see pain 1, 2, torture.

torment Synonyms

torment

v.

abuse, mistreat, torture, irritate; see hurt 1.

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Another word for torment

noun

A state of physical or mental suffering:
affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy
Excruciating punishment:
hell, living hell, persecution, torture. Idiom: tortures of the damned. See reward
Something that annoys:
aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, vexation. See feelings, pain

verb

To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing:
crucify, rack, torture. Idiom: put on the rack (or wheel). See pain, reward
To bring great harm or suffering to:
afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torture. See attack, help
To come to mind continually:
haunt, obsess, trouble, weigh on (or upon). See repetition
To disturb by repeated attacks:
annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, worry. See feelings, pain

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Remained the place of eternal torment for the Gentiles.
I must be sure before I strike and not leave the psychic one behind to torment me.
Her cheeks were streaked with tears, her green eyes showing her torment and her magic like a halo around her.
The abodes of bliss and the places of torment may be distinguished, or one last dwelling-place may be affirmed for all the dead.
He lay staring at the ceiling for a time, attempting to push away the torment; it had gripped him so completely that resistance was futile.

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