What is the meaning of torment?

noun

• Unbearable physical pain.
  • synonyms: torture
• Extreme mental distress.
  • synonyms: anguish, torture
• Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain.
  • usage: "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
  • synonyms: agony, torture
• A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented.
  • usage: "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
  • synonyms: harassment
• A severe affliction.
  • synonyms: curse
• The act of harassing someone.
  • synonyms: badgering, worrying, bedevilment

verb

• Torment emotionally or mentally.
  • synonyms: torture, excruciate, rack
• Treat cruelly.
  • usage: "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
  • synonyms: rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
• Subject to torture.
  • usage: "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
  • synonyms: torture, excruciate