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torment
noun
verb
Unbearable physical pain
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noun
Unbearable physical pain
noun
Extreme mental distress
noun
Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
“An agony of doubt”
noun
A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
“So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors”
noun
A severe affliction
noun
The act of harassing someone
verb
Torment emotionally or mentally
verb
Treat cruelly
“The children tormented the stuttering teacher”
verb
Subject to torture
“The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”
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An agony of doubt
The torments of the damned
So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
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