Torment
Torment , noun
[Old French torment, French tourment, from Latin tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, from torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See Turture.]
1.
(Military Antiquities) An engine for casting stones. [Obsolete] — Sir T. Elyot
2.
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. — Chaucer
The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment within me.
3.
That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.
Torment , transitive verb
[Old French tormenter, French tourmenter.]
1.
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
Art thou come hither to torment us before our time?
2.
To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
3.
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloquial]
4.
To put into great agitation. [Rare]
[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air.