All torment synonyms
torΒ·ment
T t noun torment
- worriment β the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
- demon β A demon is an evil spirit.
- wretchedness β very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- abusiveness β using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- abjection β an abject state or condition
- affliction β An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- hell β the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- molestation β to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- bashing β a crushing blow.
verb torment
- caned β a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- give the business β an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- fuddle β to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
- lacerate β to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- bait β Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- mess with β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- molest β to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- dissing β to show disrespect for; affront.
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- look daggers β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- brutalize β If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- comminate β to anathematize
- afflict β If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- menace β something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- obsess β to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- get one's goat β any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- dunned β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- louted β an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- illtreat β Alternative form of ill-treat.
- deviling β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- noodge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- caning β a beating with a cane as a punishment
- henpeck β to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.).
- infatuate β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- whaling β the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- distract β to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.