/tɔ:'ment/ to make someone suffer O The old couple were tormented by their neighbours’

To seize something with the teeth and bite or tear repeatedly, To touch or handle nervously or persistently, To attempt to deal with in a persistent or repeated manner, transitive verb_ To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth, To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague, Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress, verb_ touch or rub constantly, disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress, be concerned with, noun_ a strong feeling of anxiety, something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness, A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret

Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion, Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony, In general, the act, operation, or process of inflicting excruciating pain, physical or mental, verb_ subject to torture, torment emotionally or mentally, transitive verb_ To punish with torture; to put to the rack, To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex, To subject (a person or animal) to torture,

A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention, The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits Hence, any mental torment; anguish, Used as an intensive, intransitive verb_ To behave riotously; carouse, interjection_ Used to express anger, disgust, or impatience