Torment - English meaning

verb

Use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.

Usage examples:

The judge abused his power by imposing the fines

noun

The improper use of something.

Usage examples:

Alcohol abuse

verb

Cruel or inhumane treatment

verb

(of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely.

Usage examples:

His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

verb

To make someone or something suffer physically or mentally

Usage examples:

He was afflicted with severe asthma., illiteracy is a serious affliction.

verb

If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they or it suffer from it

Usage examples:

It is an illness that afflicts women more than men., a country afflicted by civil war

noun

A cause of pain or harm.

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A crippling affliction of the nervous system

noun

Something that makes you suffer

Usage examples:

Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.

verb

Undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something.

Usage examples:

I didn't agonize over the problem

verb

To spend a lot of time trying to make a decision

Usage examples:

She agonized for days over whether she should take the job., after hours of agonizing debate, the m…

noun

Extreme physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

He crashed to the ground in agony

noun

Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering, or a period of such suffering

Usage examples:

[ u ] they put her on painkillers, but they didn’t do enough, and she was in agony.

noun

Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering

Usage examples:

She lay there screaming in agony., i was in an agony of suspense., we've both suffered agonies of g…

noun

Severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

Usage examples:

She shut her eyes in anguish

verb

Be extremely distressed about something.

Usage examples:

I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether i'd made the right decision

noun

Extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering

Usage examples:

His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear., in her anguish she forgot to leave a …

verb

Put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment.

Usage examples:

Two thieves were crucified with jesus

verb

To kill someone by tying or nailing the person to a cross

Usage examples:

The media have a tendency to crucify organizations that try to do things differently.

verb

To kill someone by tying or fastening them with nails to a cross and leaving them there to die

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

noun

An implement consisting of a heavy frame set with teeth or tines which is dragged over ploughed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed.

Usage examples:

German farmers used spike-tooth harrows extensively to control weeds in small grains fields before …

verb

Draw a harrow over (land).

Usage examples:

They ploughed and harrowed the heavy clay

noun

A large piece of equipment that is pulled behind a tractor (= a farm vehicle) to break the earth into small pieces ready for planting

Usage examples:

Roughly ploughed and harrowed land, the ploughman harrows and sows, and then waits for the harvest.

noun

A place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death.

Usage examples:

Irreligious children were assumed to have passed straight to the eternal fires of hell

exclamation

Used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise.

Usage examples:

Oh, hell—where will this all end?

noun

(in some religions) the place where some people are believed to go after death to be punished forever for the bad things they have done

Usage examples:

Holidays are hell for me., we went through hell during the flood (= had an extremely bad experience…

verb

Treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence.

Usage examples:

Children die from neglect or are maltreated by their carers

verb

To treat someone cruelly or violently

Usage examples:

He had been badly maltreated as a child.

noun

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

Usage examples:

A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

Usage examples:

[ u ] with the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.

verb

Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly.

Usage examples:

He denied mistreating his workers

noun

A short period of time.

Usage examples:

Hang on a mo!

abbreviation

Month.

suffix

Forming nouns denoting a book size by the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper has been folded.

Usage examples:

Twelvemo

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Usage examples:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

verb

To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed

Usage examples:

He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother.

noun

Highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She's in great pain

verb

Cause mental or physical pain to.

Usage examples:

It pains me to say this

noun

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).

Usage examples:

Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague i…

verb

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ).

verb

To cause someone or something difficulty or suffering, esp. repeatedly or continually

Usage examples:

Financial problems have been plaguing the company., that pain in my shoulder is plaguing me again.,…

noun

(in catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.

Usage examples:

All her sins were forgiven and she would not need to go to purgatory

adjective

Having the quality of cleansing or purifying.

Usage examples:

Infernal punishments are purgatory and medicinal

noun

The place to which roman catholics believe that the spirits of dead people go and suffer for the evil acts that they did while they were alive, before they are able to go to heaven

Usage examples:

I've been on a diet for two weeks now, and it's purgatory!

noun

A framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things.

Usage examples:

A spice rack

verb

Cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to.

Usage examples:

He was racked with guilt

verb

(of a horse) move with a rack gait.

noun

The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.

Usage examples:

Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering

verb

Experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant).

Usage examples:

He suffered intense pain

noun

The action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

Usage examples:

The torture of political prisoners

verb

Inflict severe pain or suffering on.

Usage examples:

Most of the victims had been brutally tortured

noun

An injury or severe mental pain

Usage examples:

[ c ] all drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather., [ u ] the museum has many exampl…

noun

A deeply distressing or disturbing experience.

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A personal trauma like the death of a child

noun

Severe shock caused by an injury

Usage examples:

[ u ] she never recovered from the trauma of her mother’s illness., [ u ] the surgeon specialized i…

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

noun

Great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically).

Usage examples:

The everton tale of woe continued

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He's demented with worry

verb

To think about problems or unpleasant things that make you anxious, or to make someone feel anxious

Usage examples:

[ i ] if you get a monthly train ticket, you won’t have to worry about buying a ticket every day., …

noun

The state of being unpleasant or of low quality

Usage examples:

He couldn't stand the wretchedness of life at home., they were doomed to a life of wretchedness and…