tormentare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bedevil verb To cause continual trouble or difficulty for someone or something.
- distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
- harass verb To repeatedly trouble, pester, or intimidate someone, especially in a way that is unwanted or illegal.
- haunt verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
- pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.
- torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
- vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.
Senses
tormentare is used for these senses in English:
- bedevil To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- distress To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
- harass To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- haunt (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
- plague (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- pursue (ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]
- pursue (transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). [from late 14th c.]
- torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
bedevil — full definition
- verb To cause continual trouble or difficulty for someone or something.
- verb To leave someone puzzled or unable to understand something.
- verb To take hold of someone's mind, as a devil might.
distress — full definition
- noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
- verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.
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