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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestourmenter
Pronunciation / Transliteration: toor-mɑ̃-te
"Les souvenirs du passé peuvent tourmenter l'esprit."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To cause severe physical or mental suffering to someone.
"He was tormented by guilt after making the critical mistake."
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Severe physical or mental suffering.
"Waiting for the test results was absolute torment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'torment', coming from the Latin 'tormentum', meaning a winch, catapult, or instrument of torture, originating from 'torquere' (to twist). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a physical torture device to the physical or mental suffering inflicted by it.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Torment" is said worldwide
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tourmenter
Transliteration: toor-mɑ̃-te
"Les souvenirs du passé peuvent tourmenter l'esprit."
quälen
Transliteration: kwell-en
"Er wurde von ständigen Zweifeln gequält."
tormentare
Transliteration: tor-men-ta-re
"Non tormentarti per quello che è successo."
atormentar
Transliteration: a-tor-men-tar
"Los remordimientos empezaron a atormentar su conciencia."
atormentar
Transliteration: a-tor-mẽ-taɾ
"Ele continua a se atormentar com velhos erros."
कष्ट देना
Transliteration: kasht dena
"उसकी यादें उसे हमेशा कष्ट देती हैं।"
折磨
Transliteration: zhé mó
"病痛一直在折磨着老人的身体。"
괴롭히다
Transliteration: goerop-hida
"악몽이 밤마다 그를 괴롭혔다."
苦しめる
Transliteration: kurushimeru
"罪悪感が彼の心を苦しめた。"
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