torment

torment /'tɔ:mənt/
  • danh từ
    • sự đau khổ, sự giày vò, sự day dứt, sự giằn vặt; nỗi thống khổ, nỗi đau đớn (thể xác, tinh thần)
      • to be in torment: đau khổ
      • to suffer torment: chịu đau khổ
    • nguồn đau khổ
    • ngoại động từ
      • làm đau khổ, giày vò, day dứt
        • to be tormented with remorse: đau khổ day dứt, vì hối hận

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    torment

    Từ điển Collocation

    torment noun

    ADJ. great | inner, mental, private

    VERB + TORMENT endure, suffer She has suffered great mental torment. | be released from

    PREP. in ~ He was a man in torment.

    PHRASES a soul in torment The sea wailed like a soul in torment.

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • unbearable physical pain; torture
    • extreme mental distress; anguish, torture
    • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; agony, torture

      an agony of doubt

      the torments of the damned

    • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; harassment

      so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors

    • a severe affliction; curse
    • the act of harassing someone; badgering, worrying, bedevilment

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    torments|tormented|tormenting
    syn.: agonize badger bother distress harass harrow harry heckle inflame irritate molest pain persecute pester plague tease torture trouble worry
    ant.: comfort