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Verb torment has 3 senses
- torment, torture, excruciate, rack - torment emotionally or mentally
--1 is one way to pain, anguish, hurt
Sample sentence:
The bad news will torment him
- torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
--2 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- torture, excruciate, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
--3 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentence:
They want to torment the prisoners
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