TORMENT
\tˈɔːmɛnt], \tˈɔːmɛnt], \t_ˈɔː_m_ɛ_n_t]\
Definitions of TORMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An engine for casting stones.
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Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
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That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
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To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
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To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
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To put into great agitation.
By Oddity Software
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An engine for casting stones.
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Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
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That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
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To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
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To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
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To put into great agitation.
By Noah Webster.
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Extreme pain; the infliction of torture; anguish; that which causes pain or anguish.
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To put to extreme pain of mind or body; to torture; colloquially, to tease.
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Tormentor.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Torture: anguish: that which causes pain.
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To torture: to put to extreme pain, physical or mental: to distress: to afflict.
By Daniel Lyons
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To torture.
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Extreme pain; torture; great annoyance; that which causes torment.
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To torture; afflict; annoy greatly.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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