资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {tormenting}.] [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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tormented
     adj 1: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an
            anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy";
            "a tortured witness to another's humiliation" [syn: {anguished},
             {tortured}]
     2: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears;
        "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon
        earth"- C.S.Lewis [syn: {hag-ridden}, {hagridden}]