0 (a) very great pain, suffering, worry etc -- seksa
He was in torment.
1 something that causes this -- seksaan
2 to cause pain, suffering, worry etc to -- menyeksa
She was tormented with worry/toothache.
The torment is not represented in dramatized form, through sensory details of the anguished body, nor reported directly by an eyewitness.
The emperor - seeks forgiveness for rebelling and imprisoning his father and so, by extension, to avoid the torment of hellfire.
My limbs were tormented by the fire in my belly.
To be tormented without a clear definition of the self is a distinctly modern affliction.
Equus torments him, but it is also the sole element of transcendence in his otherwise meaningless existence.
To justify infinite torment, there must be infinite harm inflicted.
We may not undergo his torments, but we can speak his words.
Torment is sanitized by its inclusion in a religious and spiritual framework.