Noun torment has 6 senses
  1. torture, torment - unbearable physical pain
    --1 is a kind of pain, hurting
    Derived form: verb torment3
  2. anguish, torment, torture - extreme mental distress
    --2 is a kind of distress, hurt, suffering
    Derived form: verb torment1
  3. agony, torment, torture - intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
    --3 is a kind of suffering, hurt
    Derived form: verb torment1
  4. harassment, torment - a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
    --4 is a kind of annoyance, chafe, vexation
    Derived form: verb torment2
  5. curse, torment - a severe affliction
    --5 is a kind of affliction
  6. badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment - the act of harassing someone
    --6 is a kind of harassment, molestation
    Derived form: verb torment2
,Verb torment has 3 senses
  1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack - torment emotionally or mentally
    --1 is one way to pain, anguish, hurt
    Derived forms: noun torment3, noun torment2, noun tormenter1, noun tormenter2, noun tormentor1
    Sample sentence:
    The bad news will torment him
  2. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
    --2 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
    Derived forms: noun torment6, noun torment4, noun tormenter1, noun tormentor1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. torture, excruciate, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
    --3 is one way to injure, wound
    Derived forms: noun torment1, noun tormenter1, noun tormenter2
    Sample sentence:
    They want to torment the prisoners
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