TORMENT Tor*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. tormented; p. pr. & vb. n. tormenting.] Etym: [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. " Art thou come hither to torment us before our time " Matt. viii. 29.
2. To pain; to distress; to afflict. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. Matt. viii. 6.
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.] "[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air." Milton.
TORMENTER
Tor*ment"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
2. An executioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TORMENTFUL
Tor*ment"ful, a.
Defn: Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment; excruciating. [R.] Tillotson.