torment
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
I've gone through living torment.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.
Đồng nghĩa: misery, pain, wark, anguish, rend, difficulty, distress, grief, hardship, pain, smart, torment, torture, trouble
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
Đồng nghĩa: afflict, torture, excruciate, ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, dere, excruciate, hurt, irritate, pang, pine, rack, throe, torment, torture, wring, afflict, aggrieve, plague, atray, cag, distress, engrieve, grame, harass, harrow, harry, torment, trouble, vex, rend, wring
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ine-pro From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (something operated by twisting), from torquere (to twist).