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torment

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtorment, fromOld Frenchtorment, fromLatintormentum(“something operated by twisting”), fromtorquere(“to twist”).

Pronunciation

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(noun)IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/,/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mənt/
- Audio(US): (file)
IPA^(key): (verb)/tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes:-ɛnt

Noun

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torment (countable anduncountable,pluraltorments)

(obsolete) Acatapult or other kind of war-engine.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
I've gone through livingtorment.
Any extreme pain,anguish ormisery, eitherphysical ormental.
Synonyms:seeThesaurus:pain,Thesaurus:distress
He was bitter from thetorments of the divorce.
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Matthew 4:24:
  They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases andtorments.

Derived terms

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tormentous

Translations

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extreme pain

Albanian:vuajtje (sq) f
Arabic:عَذَاب m(ʕaḏāb)
Armenian:չարչարանք (hy)(čʻarčʻarankʻ),տանջանք (hy)(tanǰankʻ)
Avar:гӏазаб(ʻazab)
Azerbaijani:əzab (az),işgəncə (az)
Belarusian:паку́та f(pakúta),му́ка f(múka)
Bulgarian:мъ́ка (bg) f(mǎ́ka),изтеза́ние (bg) n(iztezánie)
Catalan:turment (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:苦痛 (zh)(kǔtòng)
Czech:utrpení (cs),mučení n,muka (cs),soužení n,trýzeň (cs) f
Dalmatian:tormiant m
Danish:smerte (da)
Dutch:kwelling (nl)
Esperanto:turmento
Estonian:piin
Finnish:piina (fi),tuska (fi)
French:tourment (fr) m
Friulian:torment m
Galician:tormento m
Georgian:წვალება(c̣valeba)
German:Qual (de) f
Gothic:𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 f(wunns)
Greek:μαρτύριο (el)(martýrio)
Higaonon:sakit
Hindi:यातना (hi) f(yātnā),पीड़ा (hi) f(pīṛā),कष्ट (hi) m(kaṣṭ)
Hungarian:kín (hu)
Icelandic:kvöl (is)
Ido:tormento (io)
Indonesian:azab (id),keazaban
Ingrian:mookka
Irish:crá m,céasadh m,ciapadh m,crá croí m
Italian:cruccio (it) m,tormento (it) m,tarlo (it) m
Japanese:苦痛 (ja)(くつう, kutsū)
Kazakh:азап(azap)
Korean:고통(苦痛) (ko)(gotong)
Kyrgyz:азап (ky)(azap)
Latin:cruciatus m
Latvian:mokas m
Lithuanian:kančia f
Macedonian:мака f(maka)
Malay:azab
Manx:angaaish m
Middle English:pyne
Norwegian:pine (no),kval (no),lidelse (no)
Ottoman Turkish:اضطراب(ıztırâb)
Pashto:عذاب (ps) m(azãb)
Persian:عذاب (fa)('azâb),شکنجه (fa)(šekanje)
Plautdietsch:Kjwal f
Polish:męka (pl),udręka (pl) f,cierpienie (pl) n
Portuguese:tormento (pt)
Romanian:chin (ro) n,turment n,zbucium (ro) n
Russian:муче́ние (ru) n(mučénije),му́ка (ru) f(múka),истяза́ние (ru) n(istjazánije)
Sardinian:tormentu,turmentu,trumentu,tromentu
Scottish Gaelic:cràdh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:па̀тња f,му̏ка f
Roman:pàtnja (sh) f,mȕka (sh) f
Slovak:utrpenie n,muka f
Slovene:muka f,mučenje n
Spanish:tormento (es)
Swedish:plåga (sv),pina (sv),kval (sv)
Tajik:азоб (tg)(azob)
Tatar:азап (tt)(azap)
Tocharian B:krāso
Turkish:şiddetli acı,azap (tr),işkence (tr)
Turkmen:azap (tk)
Ukrainian:стражда́ння n(straždánnja),му́ка f(múka)
Uyghur:ئازاب(azab)
Uzbek:azob (uz)

Verb

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torment (third-person singular simple presenttorments,present participletormenting,simple past and past participletormented)

(transitive) To cause severesuffering to (stronger thantovex but weaker thantotorture.)
Synonyms:afflict,torture,excruciate;see alsoThesaurus:hurt,Thesaurus:vex
The childtormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
- 2013 September 22,Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:
  Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find theEtihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, whereToure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boyMarouane Fellaini, and in defence asAguerotormentedNemanja Vidic andRio Ferdinand.
- 1913,Lewis Spence, chapter V, inThe Myths of Mexico and Peru‎^[2]:
  But the divine children were both noisy and mischievous. Theytormented their venerable grandmother with their shrill uproar and tricky behaviour.

Derived terms

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tormentor

Translations

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to cause severe suffering

Arabic:عَذَّبَ(ʕaḏḏaba)
Armenian:չարչարել (hy)(čʻarčʻarel)
Azerbaijani:əzmək (az)
Bulgarian:измъчвам (bg)(izmǎčvam)
Catalan:turmentar (ca)
Czech:trýznit,soužit (cs)
Danish:pine (da),plage (da)
Dutch:kwellen (nl),pijnigen (nl)
Esperanto:turmenti (eo)
Finnish:piinata (fi)
French:tourmenter (fr)
Galician:atormentar (gl)
German:quälen (de),peinigen (de)
Gothic:𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽(balwjan)
Greek:βασανίζω (el)(vasanízo)
Ancient:βασανίζω(basanízō)
Ido:tenaliagar (io),tormentar (io)
Indonesian:menghantui (id),mengazab (id)
Ingrian:mookata,kiusata
Irish:cráigh,ciap,céas,páisigh
Italian:tormentare (it),martoriare (it),torturare (it),affliggere (it),angustiare (it)
Japanese:苦しめる (ja)(くるしめる, kurushimeru),苛む (ja)(さいなむ, sainamu)
Latin:torqueō,macero
Lithuanian:kankinti
Maori:whakatīwheta
Middle English:gripen,grippen,pynen
Persian:آزار دادن (fa)
Plautdietsch:kjwälen
Polish:męczyć (pl),nękać (pl),trapić (pl)
Portuguese:judiar (pt),maltratar (pt),atormentar (pt)
Romanian:chinui (ro),tortura (ro)
Russian:му́чить (ru)(múčitʹ),истяза́ть (ru)(istjazátʹ)
Sanskrit:लुम्बति (sa)(lumbati),क्लिश्नाति (sa)(kliśnāti)
Slovene:mučiti (sl)
Spanish:atormentar (es)
Swahili:kutesa (sw)
Swedish:plåga (sv),pina (sv)
Turkish:acı çektirmek,çile çektirmek
Urdu:سَتانا(satānā)

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchtorment, fromLatintormentum.

Noun

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torment (pluraltorments)

torment (suffering, pain)

Descendants

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English:torment

Middle French

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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turment

Etymology

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FromLatintormentum.

Noun

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tormentoblique singular, m (oblique pluraltormenzortormentz,nominative singulartormenzortormentz,nominative pluraltorment)

torture
- 13th century, Unknown,La Vie de Saint Laurent, page11, column 1, line 19:
  Saint Lorenz dittorment ne dot
  Saint Laurence says he doesn't feartorture
(figuratively, by extension)suffering;torment