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torments
We have found lemma(root) word of torments : torment.
Definitions
[ˈtɔːmɛnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- severe physical or mental suffering
(e.g: their deaths have left both families in torment)
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Origin
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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)
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Origin
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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’
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