Torment

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

Synonyms for "torment" (424 found)

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Closest matches (85)

Noun(17 words)

agony anguish torture abuses afflicted agonies agonize anguishing badgering bedeviling bedevilling bedevilment brutalizing bullies bully bullying cark

abuse afflict affliction aggravate aggrieve agonize agonizingness agony ail anguish annoy annoyance annoyeratrocious painbadger badgerer bait banebe atbe the matter

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bear bedevil befoul besetbete noirebewitch bite blight bloody botherbreak downbring to tearsbristlebrown offbug bugbear bully bullyrag burden burnburn upcalamity chafe chevy chivy claw clawingcomplicate matters

Verb(17 words)

afflicting afflicts agonised agonized agonizes anguishes bedevil bedeviled bedevilled bedevils beleaguer beleaguers besets besetting brutalized buffeted bullied

Adjective(3 words)

agonising agonizing anguished

Strong matches (127)

concern condemn confinement convulse corrupt cruciation crucifixion crucify crushcrushing burdencurse cutcut updamage death defile deprave desolate desolateness desolation

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despoil destroy destruction devil disadvantage discommode discompose disease dismemberment disserve distemper distress disturbdo a mischiefdo evildo illdo wrongdo wrong bydog doomdraw tearsdrive up the wallembitter envenom estrapade evil exasperate excruciate excruciatingness excruciation exercise fash fester fret fretting gall galleys gantlet gauntlet getget into troublegive paingnaw grate grief grievance grieve grind gripe harass harasser harassmenthard laborharm harrier harrow harry haunt heartbreak heartsickness heckle heckler hector hellhell upon earthhenpeck hex holocaust horror hound

Verb(14 words)

crucify devilled distressing dun excruciate fretted frustrate harassed harasses harassing harries harrowed hazed humiliates

Noun(20 words)

curse cyberbullies cyberbully damnation deviling distress distressesdog subjectfret gnawing harassment harrows harry harrying haunting haunts haze hazes hazing hell

Adjective(3 words)

deviled harrowing haunted

Related words (212)

hunt hurt impair impale impalement imprisonment incarceration inconvenience infect inflameinflict paininfliction injure inundate irk irritate irritation jailing jinx keelhauling

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killkill by incheslacerate laceration lancinate lancination macerate madden maltreat martyr martyrdom martyrization martyrize menace miff misery mistreat molest nag needle needling nemesis nettle nightmare nip nudnik nudzh nuisance obsessopen woundoppress oppression ordeal outrage overwhelm pain painfulness passion peevepenal servitudeperplex persecute persecution persecutor perturb pest pester pesterer pestilence pickpick onpicketing pierce pinch pique plague plaguerplay havoc withplay hob withpluck the beardpoison pollute pother prejudice prickprolong the agonyprostrate provoke punish purgatory pursue pushput output to itput to torturepuzzle rack railriding rankle rasp rend ride rile riprock pileroil rub rufflerunning soresadist savage scarify scathe scourge smite sorrow stab sting strappado strike suffering taint take tantalizetar-and-featheringtaunt tease teaserthe gantletthorn threaten tormentingness tormentor torture torturousness trouble trytry the patiencetweaktweak the nosetwist vex vexation victimize violate visitation woe worriednessworries and caresworriment worry worrying woundwreak havocwreak havoc onwretchedness wring wrong

Verb(19 words)

inflicts lacerated lacerating obsess paining persecutes plagued rack racked rag rends scourged tantalize tantalized tantalizes torture tortured tribulate writhe

Noun(33 words)

martyrs miserymost continuous tearingpersecuting persecutor plagues plaguing punishment rack racking racks ragging scourges scourging smites teases teasing thumbscrewstorment oneself? (note: as usage)tormenting

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tormentor tortures torturing troubles waterboarding wedgies whipsaw worry worrying wrack wrenches wrenching writhing

Adjective(2 words)

steady tearingtantalizing

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More general

33 entries

afflictionafterlife conceptagent anguish annoyance beset cause chafe chevvy chevy chivvy chivy distressdistress sourceemotional stateharass

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More specific

10 entries

agonies bully damnation guilt harass hellfire ordeal persecutor remorse torture

Collocations

10 entries

emotional tormenteternal tormentintense tormentlingering tormentmental tormentmoral tormentphysical tormentpsychological tormenttorment someonetormenting questions

Inflections

3 entries

tormented tormenting torments

Derivations

6 entries

tormentable tormentation tormented tormenting tormentingly tormentor

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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I was a constant torment to my parents.

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He is a constant torment to me.

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His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.

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Treacherous fire, bring relief to my torment.

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