torment

tourment, souffrance

Douleur physique ou souffrance morale très intense.

En anglais simple : Very great physical pain or mental suffering.

• Her guilt caused endless torment.
• He lived in torment after the accident.
• The medicine finally relieved the torment of her headaches.

Comment l'utiliser : the torment of something (He could not escape the torment of his memories.)

Synonymes : agony, anguish, misery

Expressions courantes : mental torment, in torment, torment of something

torture, supplice

Fait d’infliger volontairement une douleur intense pour punir quelqu’un ou le forcer à parler.

En anglais simple : The deliberate use of severe pain to punish someone or force them to speak.

• The prisoners suffered cruel torment.
• The captors used torment to force a confession.
• The account describes the torment inflicted with a wooden rack.

Synonymes : torture

Expressions courantes : inflict torment, suffer torment, cruel torment

tourmenter

Faire beaucoup souffrir quelqu’un par la douleur, la peur, l’inquiétude ou des mauvais traitements répétés.

En anglais simple : To make someone suffer greatly through pain, fear, worry, or repeated cruel treatment.

• The older boys tormented him.
• She was tormented by guilt for years.
• Don't torment yourself with questions you cannot answer.

Comment l'utiliser : be tormented by something (She was tormented by memories of the crash.); torment someone with something (The children tormented him with cruel jokes.)

Synonymes : torture, plague, harass

Contraires : comfort, soothe

Expressions courantes : torment someone, torment an animal, torment yourself