torment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun unbearable physical pain
  2. noun extreme mental distress
  3. noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

torture

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