torment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”). === Pronunciation === (noun) IPA(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mənt/ IPA(key): (verb) /tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === torment (countable and uncountable, plural torments) (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pain, Thesaurus:distress ==== Derived terms ==== tormentous ==== Translations ==== === Verb === torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past and past participle tormented) (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 ==== Derived terms ==== tormentor ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum. === Noun === torment (plural torments) torment (suffering, pain) ==== Descendants ==== English: torment == Middle French == === Alternative forms === tourment === Etymology === From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum. === Noun === torment m (plural torments) torment; suffering; anguish == Old French == === Alternative forms === turment === Etymology === From Latin tormentum. === Noun === torment oblique singular, m (oblique plural tormenz or tormentz, nominative singular tormenz or tormentz, nominative plural torment) torture (figuratively, by extension) suffering; torment ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: torment (borrowing) English: torment Middle French: torment, tourment French: tourment ==== References ==== Etymology and history of “tourment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin tormentum. === Noun === torment m (nominative singular torments) suffering; torment ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: torment