• (noun) IPA: /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/
• (verb) IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/

torment

1. (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
3. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

   He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 4:24 ↗:

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

• See also Thesaurus:pain

• French: tourment
• German: Qual
• Italian: cruccio, tormento, tarlo
• Portuguese: tormento
• Russian: муче́ние
• Spanish: tormento

torment (torments, present participle tormenting; past and past participle tormented)

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

   The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd ↗", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:

     Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.

• French: tourmenter
• German: quälen, peinigen
• Italian: tormentare, martoriare, torturare, affliggere, angustiare
• Portuguese: judiar, maltratar, atormentar
• Russian: му́чить
• Spanish: atormentar