Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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rag | Yes | No | Yes | No |
torment | Yes | No | Yes | No |
rag (noun) | torment (noun) |
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a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) | the act of harassing someone |
a small piece of cloth | a severe affliction |
newspaper with half-size pages | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain |
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) | extreme mental distress |
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities | a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented |
unbearable physical pain |
rag (verb) | torment (verb) |
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break into lumps before sorting | subject to torture |
censure severely or angrily | torment emotionally or mentally |
harass with persistent criticism or carping | treat cruelly |
play in ragtime | |
treat cruelly | |
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations |