TORMENT Copy link • TORMENT 1. s. cruciatus, -ūs (any pangs, naturqj or artificial; applicable to pangs of conscience): tormentum (especially pangs caused by an instrument of torture: both often in plur.): also, cruciamentum (a torturing, cruciamenta morborum, Marcus Tullius Cic.). To be in torment, cruciari; excruciari; discruciari; torqueri. 2. v. cruciare: excruciare: torquere: stimulare: angere: vexare. To torment with questions, aliquem rogitando obtundere: to torment to death with questions, aliquem rogitando enecare: to torment with entreaties, aliquem precibus fatigare: to torment with complaints, aliquem querelis angere.