Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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torment | Yes | No | Yes | No |
persecute | No | No | Yes | No |
torment (noun) | persecute (noun) |
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the act of harassing someone | |
a severe affliction | |
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | |
extreme mental distress | |
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented | |
unbearable physical pain |
torment (verb) | persecute (verb) |
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subject to torture | cause to suffer |
torment emotionally or mentally | |
treat cruelly |