torment

torment
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. languish, distress; torture, agony, pain —v. t. torture, distress, agonize, rack, afflict. See discontent, punishment.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. agony, suffering, misery; see pain 1 , 2 , torture .
v.
Syn. abuse, mistreat, torture, irritate; see hurt 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
suffering, pain, torture, anguish, agony, distress, misery, hell, irritation, trouble, plague, rack, scourge.
II
v.
torture, punish, hurt, agonize, abuse, distress, trouble, bother, pain, irritate, bully, hurt, persecute, harass, aggravate, *drive crazy, plague, hector.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See HAPPY. 2. Excruciating punishment: hell, living hell, persecution, torture. Idiom: tortures of the damned. See REWARD. 3. Something that annoys: aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, vexation. See FEELINGS, PAIN. II verb 1. To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing: crucify, rack, torture. Idiom: put on the rack (or wheel). See PAIN, REWARD. 2. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torture. See ATTACK, HELP. 3. To come to mind continually: haunt, obsess, trouble, weigh on (or upon). See REPETITION. 4. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, worry. See FEELINGS, PAIN.

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