1. (

• torment ,
• torture ,
• excruciate ,
• rack ,

) torment emotionally or mentally ;

2. (

• torment ,
• rag ,
• bedevil ,
• crucify ,
• dun ,
• frustrate

) treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" ;

3. (

• torture ,
• excruciate ,
• torment

) subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" ;

1. (

• anguished ,
• tormented ,
• tortured

) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation" ;

2. (

• hag-ridden ,
• hagridden ,
• tormented

) tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis ;