torment

n.

1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

tr.v., -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments. (tôr-mĕnt', tôr'mĕnt')

1. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See synonyms at afflict.
2. To agitate or upset greatly.
3. To annoy, pester, or harass.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre, to twist.]

tormentingly tor·ment'ing·ly adv.

noun

1. A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy/unhappy.
2. Excruciating punishment: hell, living hell, persecution, torture. Idioms: tortures of the damned. See reward/punish/deserve.
3. Something that annoys: aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, vexation. See feelings, pain/pleasure.

verb

1. To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing: crucify, rack, torture. Idioms: put on therackwheel. See pain/pleasure, reward/punish/deserve.
2. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torture. See attack/defend, help/harm/harmless.
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/pleasure.

n

Definition: severe mental distress
Antonyms: contentment, glee, happiness, joy

v

Definition: be or make very upset
Antonyms: delight, make happy, please

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IN BRIEF: Intense feelings of suffering.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. — William Penn (1644-1718)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kval, pinsel, plage
v. tr. - pine, plage, drille, martre

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwelling, kwellen, treiteren

Français (French)
n. - tourment, supplice
v. tr. - tourmenter, harceler, martyriser

Deutsch (German)
v. - quälen, peinigen
n. - Qual, Pein, Plagegeist, Folter, Folterinstrument

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βασανίζω, (κατα)τυραννώ, ταλανίζω, πιλατεύω
n. - βάσανο, μαρτύριο

Italiano (Italian)
tormentare, tormento

Português (Portuguese)
v. - atormentar, torturar
n. - tormento (m), suplício (m), tortura (f)

Русский (Russian)
мучать, терзать, издеваться, причинять боль, мучение, терзание, причинение боли

Español (Spanish)
n. - tormento, tortura, martirio, pena
v. tr. - atormentar, torturar, sufrir, martirizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - plåga, pina
n. - plåga, pina, kval, tortyr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痛苦, 痛苦的根源, 苦恼, 使痛苦, 折磨, 纠缠, 烦扰, 作弄

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 痛苦, 痛苦的根源, 苦惱
v. tr. - 使痛苦, 折磨, 糾纏, 煩擾, 作弄

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고뇌, 고문, 고문대
v. tr. - 못살게 굴다, 곤란하게 하다, 고통을 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 激しい苦痛, 苦痛の原因, 苦痛, 苦悩
v. - 苦しめる, 悩ます

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقلق, يهيج ( ألبحر ألخ) (الاسم) عذاب, تعذيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ייסורים, עינויים, כלי-עינויים, כאב, סבל, גורם סבל, מרגיז‬
v. tr. - ‮הכאיב, ייסר, עינה‬

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