torment

(noun) unbearable physical pain. Synonyms: torture.

(noun) extreme mental distress. Synonyms: anguish, torture.

(noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. Synonyms: agony, torture. Examples: "An agony of doubt." "The torments of the damned."

(noun) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. Synonyms: harassment. Examples: "So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors."

(noun) a severe affliction. Synonyms: curse.

(noun) the act of harassing someone. Synonyms: badgering, worrying, bedevilment.

(verb) torment emotionally or mentally. Synonyms: torture, excruciate, rack.

(verb) treat cruelly. Synonyms: rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate. Examples: "The children tormented the stuttering teacher."

(verb) subject to torture. Synonyms: torture, excruciate. Examples: "The sinners will be tormented in hell, according to the bible."