tourmenter

tourmenter [tuʀmɑ̃te]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

to torment

• ce qui me tourmente dans cette affaire what worries me in this business

2. reflexive verb

► se tourmenter to fret

• il se tourmente à cause de son fils he's fretting about his son

• ne te tourmente pas, ce n'était pas de ta faute don't worry yourself - it wasn't your fault

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tuʀmɑ̃te
1.

verbe transitif

1) (inquiéter) to worry

2) (faire souffrir) to torment

3) (harceler) [créancier] to harass [débiteur]

2.

se tourmenter verbe pronominal to worry

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tuʀmɑ̃te vt

to torment

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tourmenter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (inquiéter) to worry [personne];

2 (faire souffrir) [persécuteur, douleur, remords, doute] to torment [personne]; tourmenter des animaux to torment animals; tourmenter qn de reproches to torment sb with reproaches;

3 (harceler) [créancier] to harass [débiteur].

B se tourmenter vpr to worry.

[turmɑ̃te] verbe transitif

(soutenu)

1. [martyriser - animal, personne] to torment, to ill-treat

2. [harceler] to harass

tourmenté par ses héritiers plagued ou harassed by his heirs

3. [suj: faim, soif, douleur] to torment, to plague, to rack

[suj: incertitude, remords] to torment, to haunt, to rack

[suj: jalousie] to plague, to torment

[suj: obsession] to torment, to haunt

ses rhumatismes le tourmentent he's plagued by rheumatism

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se tourmenter verbe pronominal intransitif

(soutenu) [s'inquiéter] to worry oneself, to fret, to be anxious

elle se tourmente pour son fils she's worried sick about her son