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  1. Learn the meaning of tormented, the past tense and participle of torment, a verb that means to cause someone or something to suffer or worry. See how to use tormented in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

  2. Learn the meaning of torment as a noun and a verb, and see how to use it in sentences. Find out the difference between torment and irony, and explore related words and phrases for pain and suffering.

  3. Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word torment, which can be a noun or a verb. Torment can mean extreme pain, a source of vexation, or the infliction of torture.

  4. Find out the meaning and usage of the word tormented as an adjective and a verb, and explore its synonyms and antonyms. Learn how to cite, translate and play with tormented and other words in the Merriam-Webster thesaurus.

  5. verb [ T ] uk / tɔːˈment / us / tɔːrˈment /. to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.

  6. When you have a terrible decision to make, one that will end up hurting someone, you can say that you're tormented. If you're terribly worried about your grandfather's heart surgery, you might have a tormented expression on your face as you sit in the hospital waiting room.

  7. To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains.