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tormenttorment2 /tɔrˈmɛnt, ˈtɔrmɛnt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtorment |
Present | I, you, we, they | torment | | he, she, it | torments | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tormented | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tormented | | he, she, it | has tormented | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tormented | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will torment | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tormented |
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Present | I | am tormenting | | he, she, it | is tormenting | | you, we, they | are tormenting | Past | I, he, she, it | was tormenting | | you, we, they | were tormenting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tormenting | | he, she, it | has been tormenting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tormenting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tormenting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tormenting |
1to make someone suffer a lot, especially so that he or she feels guilty or very unhappy: Jealousy tormented Harriet.2to deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying or hurting him or her: My older sister loved to torment me.—tormentor noun [countable]—tormented adjective |