torment

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• /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/
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From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vuajtje — extreme pain
• Arabic: عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb) — extreme pain
• Armenian: չարչարանք (čʻarčʻarankʻ) — extreme pain
• Armenian: տանջանք (tanǰankʻ) — extreme pain
• Avar: гӏазаб (ʻazab) — extreme pain
• Azerbaijani: əzab — extreme pain
• Azerbaijani: işgəncə — extreme pain
• Belarusian: паку́та (pakúta) — extreme pain
• Belarusian: му́ка (múka) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: мъ́ка (mǎ́ka) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: изтеза́ние (iztezánie) — extreme pain
• Catalan: turment — extreme pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 苦痛 (kǔtòng) — extreme pain
• Czech: utrpení — extreme pain
• Czech: mučení — extreme pain
• Czech: muka — extreme pain
• Czech: soužení — extreme pain
• Czech: trýzeň — extreme pain
• Dalmatian: tormiant — extreme pain
• Danish: smerte — extreme pain
• Dutch: kwelling — extreme pain
• Esperanto: turmento — extreme pain
• Estonian: piin — extreme pain
• Finnish: piina — extreme pain
• Finnish: tuska — extreme pain
• French: tourment — extreme pain
• Friulian: torment — extreme pain
• Galician: tormento — extreme pain
• Gallurese: tulmentu — extreme pain
• Gallurese: malturìziu — extreme pain
• Georgian: წვალება (c̣valeba) — extreme pain
• German: Qual — extreme pain
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 (wunns) — extreme pain
• Greek: μαρτύριο (martýrio) — extreme pain
• Higaonon: sakit — extreme pain
• Hindi: यातना (yātnā) — extreme pain
• Hindi: पीड़ा (pīṛā) — extreme pain
• Hindi: कष्ट (kaṣṭ) — extreme pain
• Hungarian: kín — extreme pain
• Icelandic: kvöl — extreme pain
• Ido: tormento — extreme pain
• Indonesian: azab — extreme pain
• Indonesian: keazaban — extreme pain
• Ingrian: mookka — extreme pain
• Irish: crá — extreme pain
• Irish: céasadh — extreme pain
• Irish: ciapadh — extreme pain
• Irish: crá croí — extreme pain
• Italian: tormento — extreme pain
• Italian: supplizio — extreme pain
• Italian: martirio — extreme pain
• Japanese: 苦痛 (kutsū) — extreme pain
• Kazakh: азап (azap) — extreme pain
• Korean: 고통 (gotong) — extreme pain
• Kyrgyz: азап (azap) — extreme pain
• Latin: cruciātus — extreme pain
• Latin: poena — extreme pain
• Latin: malum — extreme pain
• Latin: supplicium — extreme pain
• Latvian: mokas — extreme pain
• Lithuanian: kančia — extreme pain
• Macedonian: мака (maka) — extreme pain
• Malay: azab — extreme pain
• Manx: angaaish — extreme pain
• Middle English: pyne — extreme pain
• Norwegian: pine — extreme pain
• Norwegian: kval — extreme pain
• Norwegian: lidelse — extreme pain
• Pashto: عذاب (azãb) — extreme pain
• Persian: عذاب ('azâb) — extreme pain
• Persian: شکنجه (šekanje) — extreme pain
• Plautdietsch: Kjwal — extreme pain
• Polish: męka — extreme pain
• Polish: udręka — extreme pain
• Polish: cierpienie — extreme pain
• Portuguese: tormento — extreme pain
• Romanian: chin — extreme pain
• Romanian: turment — extreme pain
• Romanian: zbucium — extreme pain
• Russian: муче́ние (mučénije) — extreme pain
• Russian: му́ка (múka) — extreme pain
• Russian: истяза́ние (istjazánije) — extreme pain
• Sardinian: tormentu — extreme pain
• Sardinian: trumentu — extreme pain
• Sassarese: tuimmentu — extreme pain
• Sassarese: marthìriu — extreme pain
• Scottish Gaelic: cràdh — extreme pain
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀тња — extreme pain
• Serbo-Croatian: му̏ка — extreme pain
• Serbo-Croatian: pàtnja — extreme pain
• Serbo-Croatian: mȕka — extreme pain
• Slovak: utrpenie — extreme pain
• Slovak: muka — extreme pain
• Slovene: muka — extreme pain
• Slovene: mučenje — extreme pain
• Spanish: tormento — extreme pain
• Swedish: plåga — extreme pain
• Swedish: pina — extreme pain
• Swedish: kval — extreme pain
• Tajik: азоб (azob) — extreme pain
• Tangut: 𗀀𗴐 — extreme pain
• Tatar: азап (azap) — extreme pain
• Tocharian B: krāso — extreme pain
• Turkish: şiddetli acı — extreme pain
• Turkish: azap — extreme pain
• Turkish: işkence — extreme pain
• Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb) — extreme pain
• Turkmen: azap — extreme pain
• Ukrainian: стражда́ння (straždánnja) — extreme pain
• Ukrainian: му́ка (múka) — extreme pain
• Uyghur: ئازاب (azab) — extreme pain
• Uzbek: azob — extreme pain
• Arabic: عَذَّبَ (ʕaḏḏaba) — to cause severe suffering
• Armenian: չարչարել (čʻarčʻarel) — to cause severe suffering
• Azerbaijani: əzmək — to cause severe suffering
• Bulgarian: измъчвам (izmǎčvam) — to cause severe suffering
• Catalan: turmentar — to cause severe suffering
• Czech: trýznit — to cause severe suffering
• Czech: soužit — to cause severe suffering
• Danish: pine — to cause severe suffering
• Danish: plage — to cause severe suffering
• Dutch: kwellen — to cause severe suffering
• Dutch: pijnigen — to cause severe suffering
• Esperanto: turmenti — to cause severe suffering
• Finnish: piinata — to cause severe suffering
• French: tourmenter — to cause severe suffering
• Galician: atormentar — to cause severe suffering
• German: quälen — to cause severe suffering
• German: peinigen — to cause severe suffering
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balwjan) — to cause severe suffering
• Greek: βασανίζω (vasanízo) — to cause severe suffering
• Ancient Greek: βασανίζω (basanízō) — to cause severe suffering
• Ido: tenaliagar — to cause severe suffering
• Ido: tormentar — to cause severe suffering
• Indonesian: menghantui — to cause severe suffering
• Indonesian: mengazab — to cause severe suffering
• Ingrian: mookata — to cause severe suffering
• Ingrian: kiusata — to cause severe suffering
• Irish: cráigh — to cause severe suffering
• Irish: ciap — to cause severe suffering
• Irish: céas — to cause severe suffering
• Irish: páisigh — to cause severe suffering
• Italian: tormentare — to cause severe suffering
• Italian: martoriare — to cause severe suffering
• Italian: torturare — to cause severe suffering
• Italian: affliggere — to cause severe suffering
• Italian: angustiare — to cause severe suffering
• Japanese: 苦しめる (kurushimeru) — to cause severe suffering
• Japanese: 苛む (sainamu) — to cause severe suffering
• Latin: torqueō — to cause severe suffering
• Latin: macero — to cause severe suffering
• Lithuanian: kankinti — to cause severe suffering
• Māori: whakatīwheta — to cause severe suffering
• Middle English: gripen — to cause severe suffering
• Middle English: grippen — to cause severe suffering
• Middle English: pynen — to cause severe suffering
• Persian: آزار دادن — to cause severe suffering
• Plautdietsch: kjwälen — to cause severe suffering
• Polish: męczyć — to cause severe suffering
• Polish: nękać — to cause severe suffering
• Polish: trapić — to cause severe suffering
• Portuguese: judiar — to cause severe suffering
• Portuguese: maltratar — to cause severe suffering
• Portuguese: atormentar — to cause severe suffering
• Romanian: chinui — to cause severe suffering
• Romanian: tortura — to cause severe suffering
• Russian: му́чить (múčitʹ) — to cause severe suffering
• Russian: истяза́ть (istjazátʹ) — to cause severe suffering
• Sanskrit: लुम्बति (lumbati) — to cause severe suffering
• Sanskrit: क्लिश्नाति (kliśnāti) — to cause severe suffering
• Slovene: mučiti — to cause severe suffering
• Spanish: atormentar — to cause severe suffering
• Swahili: kutesa — to cause severe suffering
• Swedish: plåga — to cause severe suffering
• Swedish: pina — to cause severe suffering
• Turkish: acı çektirmek — to cause severe suffering
• Turkish: çile çektirmek — to cause severe suffering
• Urdu: سَتانا (satānā) — to cause severe suffering