Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tormented; p. pr. & vb. n. tormenting.]

[OF. tormenter, F. 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? '' --Matt. viii. 29.

2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.

Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. --Matt. viii. 6.

3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]

4. To put into great agitation. [R.]

``[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Torment \Tor"ment\, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L. tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See Turture.]

1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.]

--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. --Milton.

3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv. 24.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)