Definition of torment

• n. - An engine for casting stones.
• n. - Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
• n. - That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
• v. t. - To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
• v. t. - To pain; to distress; to afflict.
• v. t. - To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
• v. t. - To put into great agitation.