torment

torment is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

[2] Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. Chaucer. 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.

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