[ˈtɔːmɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- severe physical or mental suffering
(e.g: their deaths have left both families in torment)


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Origin:
Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’

[tɔːˈmɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering
(e.g: he was tormented by jealousy)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’