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tourment

torment, anguish

noun toor-MAHN Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Usage Note

Tourment is a literary or elevated word for intense mental or physical suffering. The related verb tourmenter ('to torment') and the reflexive se tourmenter ('to worry oneself') are more common in everyday speech. The plural les tourments often evokes sustained, repeated suffering in literary contexts.

Examples

"Il vivait dans le tourment depuis des semaines."

Natural Translation

He had been living in torment for weeks.

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