torment

Great physical pain or mental anguish.

A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.

The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. synonym: afflict.

To annoy, pester, or harass.

An engine of war for casting stones, darts, or other missiles; a tormentum.

An instrument of torture, as the rack, the thumbscrew, or the wheel; also, the application of such an instrument, or the torture caused by it.

Hence, anything which causes great pain or suffering; a source of trouble, sorrow, or anguish.

A state of suffering, bodily or mental; misery; agony.

An object of torture; a victim.