Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Torment

/tôr'-mĕntˌ/ · Tor·ment · IPA /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

01 n. An engine for casting stones.

1.
An engine for casting stones.(Mil. Antiq.) [Obs.]
2.
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
“The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me.” — Milton.
3.
That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
“They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.” — Matt. iv. 24.

02 v. t. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.

imp. & p. p. tormented; p. pr. & vb. n. tormenting

1.
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
2.
To pain; to distress; to afflict.
“Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.” — Matt. viii. 6.
3.
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.[Colloq.]
4.
To put into great agitation.[R.]