The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torment \Tor"ment\, 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tormented; p. pr. &
   vb. n. tormenting.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
   1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
      misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. " Art
      thou come hither to torment us before our time? " --Matt.
      viii. 29.
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   2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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            Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
            grievously tormented.                 --Matt. viii.
                                                  6.
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   3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
      importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
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   4. To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main
      wing, tormented all the air." --Milton.
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