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tormentnoun a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappinessthe released soldiers gave interviews trying to explain to civilians the torment that prisoners of war experience agony, Gehenna, hell, horror, misery, murder, nightmare, torture affliction, calvary, cross, curse, ordeal, trial, tribulationcalamity, misfortune, tragedygall, thornbummer, downer, drag heaven, paradise delight, diversion, entertainment, fun, joy, pleasure, recreationlark, picnic, riot a state of great suffering of body or mindwas in torment for weeks after he broke up with his girlfriend affliction, agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torture, travail, tribulation, woe discomfortcross, crucible, trialheartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappinessemergency, pinchasperity, difficulty, hardship, rigorache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twingedanger, jeopardy, trouble comfort, consolation, solacealleviation, assuagement, ease, reliefpeace, securitywell-being a source of persistent emotional distressinsomnia that was caused by a host of nighttime torments affliction, demon(or daemon), hang-up, terror bête noire, bogey(also bogie or bogy), bugaboo, bugbear, hobgoblin, ogre to cause persistent suffering tohe was tormented by nightmares about the accident afflict, agonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torture assail, attackbadger, dog, hound, pursue, rideaggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vexdiscomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worrycrush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimizehurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wringmartyr abet, aid, assist, helpdeliver, release, relieve, reprievecomfort, console, content, quiet, solace, soothe, succor v.afflict, try, torment, torture, rack mean to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear.afflict is a general term and applies to the causing of pain or suffering or of acute annoyance, embarrassment, or any distress.ills that afflict the elderly try suggests imposing something that strains the powers of endurance or of self-control.children often try their parents' patience torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance.a horse tormented by flies torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering.tortured by a sense of guilt rack stresses straining or wrenching.a body racked by pain in the 13th century |