torment in WordNet English dictionary

1. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
   "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
   agony  torment  torture 
   
2. extreme mental distress
   anguish  torment  torture 
   
3. the act of harassing someone
   badgering  worrying  torment  bedevilment 
   
4. a severe affliction
   curse  torment 
   
5. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
   "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
   harassment  torment 
   
6. unbearable physical pain
   torture  torment 
   

1. treat cruelly
   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
   torment  rag  bedevil  crucify  dun  frustrate 
   
2. subject to torture
   "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
   torture  excruciate  torment 
   
3. torment emotionally or mentally
   torment  torture  excruciate  rack