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torment
VERB:

1. to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: 
to be tormented with violent headaches.

2. to worry or annoy excessively: 
to torment one with questions.

3. to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.

4. to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture.

5. to tease or pester in an annoying way:
stop tormenting the dog.

6. to cause severe usually persistent or recurrent distress of body or mind to:
cattle tormented by flies //  tormented by doubt // She liked me, but she laughed at me, and tormented me … —Charles Dickens.

7. distort, twist.

Origin:

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum “rope, catapult, torture,” from unattested torkw-ment- (see torque, -ment); (verb) Middle English tormenten, from Old French tormenter, derivative of torment (compare Late Latin tormentāre). British dictionary: C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of torment: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 13th century. istory and Etymology for torment: Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French turment, torment, from Latin tormentum torture; akin to torquēre to twist — more at torture entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.

Source: 1, 2.

Added: 7 August 2020 {11:10 AM}
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