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Words related to torment

Related / Similar Words: badgering, worrying, bedevilment, curse, agony, torture, anguish, harassment, excruciate, rack, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

Definition:

the act of harassing someone;

a severe affliction;

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned";

extreme mental distress;

a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors";

unbearable physical pain;

subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible";

torment emotionally or mentally;

treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher";

Hyponyms: rack, martyr, martyrize, martyrise, madden, hamstring, tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer, persecute, oppress

Derivational Morphology: rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, worry, vex, torture, excruciate, rack, agonize, agonise, anguish, pain, hurt, tormentor, tormenter, persecutor, teaser, agony, suffering, excruciation, crucifixion, torturing, torturer, wheel, frustration, badgering, worrying, bedevilment, harassment

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