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# torment

«torment» in Mova's school dictionary: **Great pain or suffering, in body or mind** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (torment; a torment, torments); verb (torment, torments, tormented, tormenting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) Great pain or suffering, in body or mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#m1)

2) (noun) A person or thing that causes great suffering or annoyance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#m2)

3) (verb) To make someone suffer badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#m3)

4) (verb) To tease or annoy someone (or an animal) on purpose, again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «torment» shows deep suffering or a cruel character: a bully torments younger children. In everyday life «stop tormenting your sister» means stop teasing her. In school rules tormenting animals or people is never allowed. Phrases: «in torment», «torment someone», «tormented by».

### examples

- Stop tormenting the cat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x1)
- The bully tormented the younger children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x2)
- She was tormented by doubt before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x3)
- The mosquitoes were a torment all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x4)
- The prisoner lived in torment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x5)
- My brother torments me by hiding my things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x6)
- The thought of the exam tormented him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x7)
- "Now," said the lank grey beggarman, "I'll torment you no longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/#x8)

### note

Stress differs: noun «TOR-ment», verb «tor-MENT». Person: «tormentor». It is stronger than «tease». Tormenting people or animals is cruel; tell an adult if someone is being tormented.

### In the corpora

- [Hurting or tormenting an animal is cruel, it can make the animal attack, and it is against the law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «torment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.