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torment

noun
/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt//tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

  1. derived from tormentum
  2. derived from torment
  3. inherited from torment

Definitions

  1. 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.

    • He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.
    • They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

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

      • The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
      • But the divine children were both noisy and mischievous. They tormented their venerable grandmother with their shrill uproar and tricky behaviour.

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Derived

tormentful, tormentous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at torment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at torment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at torment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA