torment
torment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 31 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matt. iv.
- 3.1. 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.
- 4.2. To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. Matt. viii.
- 5.3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
- 6.To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air." Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abyss
- and
- below
- bottomless
- brimstone
- creek
- damnation
- eternal
- everlasting
- fallen
- fire
- gehenna
- habitation
- hell
- hellish
- hue
- infernal
- inferno
- lake
- limbo
- never
- night
- pit
- place
- purgatory
- scowl
- sheol
- stygian
- that
- the
- worm
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is torment.
- What is 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 called?
- What is that which gives pain, vexation, or misery. They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matt. iv called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 2. To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. Matt. viii called?
- What is 3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.] called?
- What is to put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air." Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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