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• (noun) IPA: /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mənt/
• IPA: (verb) /tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
  • 韻: -ɛnt

名詞

torment (countable and uncountable, plural torments)

1. (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.

   I've gone through living torment.

3. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pain, Thesaurus:distress

   He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:24:

     They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.

派生語

• tormentful
• tormentous

関連する語

• torture

動詞

torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past and past participle tormented)

1. (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

   Synonyms: afflict, torture, excruciate; see also Thesaurus:hurt, Thesaurus:vex

   The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

   • 2013 September 22, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.

   • 1913, Lewis Spence, chapter V, in The Myths of Mexico and Peru‎:

     But the divine children were both noisy and mischievous. They tormented their venerable grandmother with their shrill uproar and tricky behaviour.

派生語

• tormentor

名詞

torment (plural torments)

1. torment (suffering, pain)

派生した語

• English: torment