verb (past tense and past participle of 'torment'): to cause to suffer intense pain or distress as in strong fondness

Word Combinations

Example:He was tormented by guilt over his role in the accident.

Definition:filled with or caused by feelings of extreme remorse or anguish over a perceived fault or wrong

From he was tormented by guilt

Example:She was tormented by insomnia, unable to find relief in sleep.

Definition:somnolence or a deficient or abnormal shortage of sleep

From she was tormented by insomnia

Example:His mind was tormented with dark thoughts about his future.

Definition:occurring in the mind as ideas or images not necessarily based on experience or reality

From his mind was tormented with thoughts

Example:They tormented their victims, choking the life out of their enemies.

Definition:the object of or someone who suffers harm or injury at the hands of another

From they tormented their victims

Example:He tormented her with constant sentimental poetry, hoping to gain her affection.

Definition:a feeling of sweetest tenderness for someone

From he tormented her withconstantsentimental poetry

Example:The heat tormented him, making him sweat profusely.

Definition:causing discomfort or annoyance, especially through one's own faults or shortcomings

From the heat tormented him

Example:Her nagging constantly tormented her husband, driving him to distraction.

Definition:to urge or press persistently or continuously

From her nagging constantly tormented her husband

Example:Feeling tormented due to lack of sleep, she decided to take a nap.

Definition:deprived of or having experienced a shortage of something

From feeling tormented due to lack of sleep

Example:Tormented by hunger, he rummaged through the kitchen for food.

Definition:feeling extremely hungry and restless

From tormented by hunger

Example:He was tormented by fear of the dark, avoiding the closet in his bedroom.

Definition:filled with or caused by the experience or threat of a terrible or painful event, idea, or fact

From tormented by fear of the dark