Torment and Trial

Torment

Torment noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.
Usage example: the released soldiers gave interviews trying to explain to civilians the torment that prisoners of war experience

Trial and torment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trial" instead a noun "Torment".

Nearby Words: tormented, tormenting, tormentor

Trial

Trial noun - A test of faith, patience, or strength.

Torment and trial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Torment" instead a noun "Trial".

Nearby Word: triable

How words are described

similar similar torment similar trial
original original torment original trial
constant constant torment constant trial
great great torment great trial
Other adjectives: new, final, subsequent.

Common collocations

enemies torment enemies trial enemies
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