Torment

//ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt//

Synonyms for "torment" (349 found)

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Closest matches (70)

Strong matches (105)

Verb(12 words)

come after crucify dere distress dun engrieve frustrate give someone grief grame harass harrow harry

complicate matters concern condemn confinement convulse corrupt cruciation crucifixion crucify crush crushing burden cut cut up damage death defile deprave desolate desolateness desolation

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Noun(6 words)

curse difficulty distress grief harassment hardship

Related words (174)

hound hunt hurt impair impale impalement imprisonment incarceration inconvenience infect inflame inflict pain infliction injure inundate irk irritate irritation jailing jinx

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keelhauling kill kill by inches lacerate 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 obsess open wound oppress oppression ordeal outrage overwhelm pain painfulness pang passion peeve penal servitude perplex persecute persecution persecutor perturb pest pester pesterer pestilence pick pick on picketing pierce pinch pique plague plaguer play havoc with play hob with pluck the beard poison pollute pother prejudice prick prolong the agony prostrate provoke punish purgatory pursue push put out put to it put to torture puzzle railriding rankle rasp ride rile rip rock pile roil rub ruffle running sore sadist savage scarify scathe scourge smite sorrow stab sting strappado strike taint take tantalize tar-and-feathering taunt tease teaser the gantlet thorn threaten tormentingness tormentor torturousness try try the patience tweak tweak the nose twist vex vexation victimize violate visitation woe worriedness worries and cares worriment worry worrying wound wreak havoc wreak havoc on wretchedness wring wrong

Verb(12 words)

hurt irritate pang pine plague rag rend throe thrutch trouble vex wring

Noun(7 words)

misery pain rend smart trouble wark worrying

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More general

27 entries

affliction anguish annoyance beset chafe chevvy chevy chivvy chivy distress harass harassment harry hassle hurt

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Synonyms

10 entries

agony anguish badgering curse harassment pang rack suffering torture trouble

derived

2 entries

tormentor tormentous

manner of

2 entries

harass pain

related to

8 entries

anguish catapult mental misery physical suffering torture vex

Translations

172 translations across 72 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

vuajtje noun (extreme pain)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

βασανίζω verb (to cause severe suffering)

Arabic

2 entries

عَذَاب noun (extreme pain)
عَذَّبَ verb (to cause severe suffering)

Armenian

3 entries

չարչարանք noun (extreme pain)
տանջանք noun (extreme pain)
չարչարել verb (to cause severe suffering)

Avar

1 entries

гӏазаб noun (extreme pain)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

işgəncə noun (extreme pain)
əzab noun (extreme pain)
əzmək verb (to cause severe suffering)

Belarusian

2 entries

му́ка noun (extreme pain)
паку́та noun (extreme pain)

Bulgarian

3 entries

изтеза́ние noun (extreme pain)
мъ́ка noun (extreme pain)
измъчвам verb (to cause severe suffering)

Catalan

2 entries

turment noun (extreme pain)
turmentar verb (to cause severe suffering)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

苦痛 noun (extreme pain)

Czech

4 entries

muka noun (extreme pain)
mučení noun (extreme pain)
soužení noun (extreme pain)
trýzeň noun (extreme pain)

Dalmatian

1 entries

tormiant noun (extreme pain)

Danish

3 entries

smerte noun (extreme pain)
pine verb (to cause severe suffering)
plage verb (to cause severe suffering)

Dutch

3 entries

kwelling noun (extreme pain)
kwellen verb (to cause severe suffering)
pijnigen verb (to cause severe suffering)

Esperanto

2 entries

turmento noun (extreme pain)
turmenti verb (to cause severe suffering)

Estonian

1 entries

piin noun (extreme pain)

Finnish

3 entries

piina noun (extreme pain)
tuska noun (extreme pain)
piinata verb (to cause severe suffering)

French

2 entries

tourment noun (extreme pain)
tourmenter verb (to cause severe suffering)

Friulian

1 entries

torment noun (extreme pain)

Galician

2 entries

tormento noun (extreme pain)
atormentar verb (to cause severe suffering)

Georgian

1 entries

წვალება noun (extreme pain)

German

3 entries

Qual noun (extreme pain)
peinigen verb (to cause severe suffering)
quälen verb (to cause severe suffering)

Gothic

2 entries

𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 noun (extreme pain)
𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to cause severe suffering)

Greek

2 entries

μαρτύριο noun (extreme pain)
βασανίζω verb (to cause severe suffering)

Higaonon

1 entries

sakit noun (extreme pain)

Hindi

3 entries

कष्ट noun (extreme pain)
पीड़ा noun (extreme pain)
यातना noun (extreme pain)

Hungarian

1 entries

kín noun (extreme pain)

Icelandic

1 entries

kvöl noun (extreme pain)

Ido

3 entries

tormento noun (extreme pain)
tenaliagar verb (to cause severe suffering)
tormentar verb (to cause severe suffering)

Indonesian

4 entries

azab noun (extreme pain)
keazaban noun (extreme pain)
mengazab verb (to cause severe suffering)
menghantui verb (to cause severe suffering)

Ingrian

3 entries

mookka noun (extreme pain)
kiusata verb (to cause severe suffering)
mookata verb (to cause severe suffering)

Irish

4 entries

ciapadh noun (extreme pain)
crá noun (extreme pain)
crá croí noun (extreme pain)
céasadh noun (extreme pain)

Italian

4 entries

cruccio noun (extreme pain)
tarlo noun (extreme pain)
tormento noun (extreme pain)
affliggere verb (to cause severe suffering)

Japanese

3 entries

苦痛 noun (extreme pain)
苛む verb (to cause severe suffering)
苦しめる verb (to cause severe suffering)

Kazakh

1 entries

азап noun (extreme pain)

Korean

1 entries

고통 noun (extreme pain)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

азап noun (extreme pain)

Latin

3 entries

cruciatus noun (extreme pain)
macero verb (to cause severe suffering)
torqueō verb (to cause severe suffering)

Latvian

1 entries

mokas noun (extreme pain)

Lithuanian

2 entries

kančia noun (extreme pain)
kankinti verb (to cause severe suffering)

Macedonian

1 entries

мака noun (extreme pain)

Malay

1 entries

azab noun (extreme pain)

Manx

1 entries

angaaish noun (extreme pain)

Middle English

4 entries

pyne noun (extreme pain)
gripen verb (to cause severe suffering)
grippen verb (to cause severe suffering)
pynen verb (to cause severe suffering)

Māori

1 entries

whakatīwheta verb (to cause severe suffering)

Norwegian

3 entries

kval noun (extreme pain)
lidelse noun (extreme pain)
pine noun (extreme pain)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

اضطراب noun (extreme pain)

Pashto

1 entries

عذاب noun (extreme pain)

Persian

3 entries

شکنجه noun (extreme pain)
عذاب noun (extreme pain)
آزار دادن verb (to cause severe suffering)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Kjwal noun (extreme pain)
kjwälen verb (to cause severe suffering)

Polish

4 entries

cierpienie noun (extreme pain)
męka noun (extreme pain)
udręka noun (extreme pain)
męczyć verb (to cause severe suffering)

Portuguese

4 entries

tormento noun (extreme pain)
atormentar verb (to cause severe suffering)
judiar verb (to cause severe suffering)
maltratar verb (to cause severe suffering)

Romanian

4 entries

chin noun (extreme pain)
turment noun (extreme pain)
zbucium noun (extreme pain)
chinui verb (to cause severe suffering)

Russian

4 entries

истяза́ние noun (extreme pain)
му́ка noun (extreme pain)
муче́ние noun (extreme pain)
истяза́ть verb (to cause severe suffering)

Sanskrit

2 entries

क्लिश्नाति verb (to cause severe suffering)
लुम्बति verb (to cause severe suffering)

Sardinian

4 entries

tormentu noun (extreme pain)
tromentu noun (extreme pain)
trumentu noun (extreme pain)
turmentu noun (extreme pain)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cràdh noun (extreme pain)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mȕka noun (extreme pain)
pàtnja noun (extreme pain)
му̏ка noun (extreme pain)
па̀тња noun (extreme pain)

Slovak

2 entries

muka noun (extreme pain)
utrpenie noun (extreme pain)

Slovene

3 entries

muka noun (extreme pain)
mučenje noun (extreme pain)
mučiti verb (to cause severe suffering)

Spanish

2 entries

tormento noun (extreme pain)
atormentar verb (to cause severe suffering)

Swahili

1 entries

kutesa verb (to cause severe suffering)

Swedish

4 entries

kval noun (extreme pain)
pina noun (extreme pain)
plåga noun (extreme pain)
pina verb (to cause severe suffering)

Tajik

1 entries

азоб noun (extreme pain)

Tatar

1 entries

азап noun (extreme pain)

Tocharian B

1 entries

krāso noun (extreme pain)

Turkish

4 entries

azap noun (extreme pain)
işkence noun (extreme pain)
şiddetli acı noun (extreme pain)
acı çektirmek verb (to cause severe suffering)

Turkmen

1 entries

azap noun (extreme pain)

Ukrainian

2 entries

му́ка noun (extreme pain)
стражда́ння noun (extreme pain)

Urdu

1 entries

سَتانا verb (to cause severe suffering)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئازاب noun (extreme pain)

Uzbek

1 entries

azob noun (extreme pain)

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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