Torment (?), n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L. tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See Turture.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. Chaucer.
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The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment within me. Milton.
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3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
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They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matt. iv. 24.
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