Torment /(?)/

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.

3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

   They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.

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.

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.]