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Meaning of torment

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  torment
      n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: {torture}, {torment}]
      2: extreme mental distress [syn: {anguish}, {torment},
         {torture}]
      3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
         "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn:
         {agony}, {torment}, {torture}]
      4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so
         great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
         tormentors" [syn: {harassment}, {torment}]
      5: a severe affliction [syn: {curse}, {torment}]
      6: the act of harassing someone [syn: {badgering}, {worrying},
         {torment}, {bedevilment}]
      v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
           {excruciate}, {rack}]
      2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
         teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {dun},
         {frustrate}]
      3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
         according to the Bible" [syn: {torture}, {excruciate},
         {torment}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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