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"I torment him mercilessly, but it's hard not to.
»Ich setze ihm gnadenlos zu, aber es ist auch schwer, ihn in Ruhe zu lassen.
Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / Sonnenstürme
Sonnenstürme
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Horizon Storms
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
The old woman cackled and laughed as usual. You silly child!" she cried. " Do you not see that she loves you with the most fervent love and torment that ever fired a woman's heart?
Die Alte kicherte und lachte nach ihrer gewöhnlichen Art und rief: »Du einfältig Kind, du einfältig Kind! - wirst du denn nicht geliebt von der holden Annunziata mit aller Inbrunst, mit aller Liebesqual, die jemals ein weiblich Herz ergriff?
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
“So why do you torment me?
"Warum quälst du mich dann?
Bear, Greg / Darwin's ChildrenBear, Greg / Die Darwin-Kinder
Die Darwin-Kinder
Bear, Greg
© 2003 Greg Bear
© Elsevier GmbH, München
Darwin's Children
Bear, Greg
© 2003 by Greg Bear
Anything of this kind which he actively undertakes, he also experiences passively in himself, in exactly the same form, only more strongly, for his greater intelligence is aware of more dangers and doubles the torment of being persecuted.
Alles, was er in dieser Richtung aktiv betreibt, erlebt er passiv genau so an sich selbst; aber verstärkt, denn seine größere Intelligenz gewahrt mehr Gefahren und macht ihm das Verfolgtwerden zur größeren Qual.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
He described, with the bitterest irony, the quite peculiar ingenuity with which Signora Angela commenced, as soon as she was his wife, to torment and torture him.
Mit der tollsten Ironie beschrieb Krespel die ganz eigene Art, wie Signora Angela, sobald sie seine Frau worden, ihn marterte und quälte.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in bell itselfe.
Einsamkeit ist eine Qual, die selbst in der Hölle nicht droht.»
Sacks, Oliver / AwakeningsSacks, Oliver / Awakenings: Zeit des Erwachens
Awakenings: Zeit des Erwachens
Sacks, Oliver
© 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, Oliver Sacks
© 1989 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Weinheim
Awakenings
Sacks, Oliver
© Oliver Sacks 1973, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1990
With many a painful thought in my tormented breast, I ran out into the night, and soon came up with the party of my comrades, who were singing cheery soldier-songs as they marched along.
Mit mannigfachen schmerzlichen Gefühlen in der aufgeregten Brust rannte ich fort in die Nacht hinein, und erreichte in weniger Zeit den Trupp der lustige Kriegslieder singenden Kameraden.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Overcome by all the hellish torments which were burning in his heart, Friedrich could contain himself no longer. He sent the broad-axe flying with all his force, and cried, " Master, it's all over !
Überwältigt von allen Qualen der Hölle, die in ihm brannten, konnte Friedrich nicht länger an sich halten, er warf das Lenkbeil weit von sich und rief: »Meister!
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Besides this, he is tormented by another most unfortunate idea, which makes my life a very sad and unhappy one. But this I look upon as a blow of destiny which carries mo away in the same sweep with which it has come over him.
Nächstdem verfolgt ihn noch ein unglückseliger Gedanke, der mir ein trübes zerrissenes Leben bereitet, ich trage das aber als ein Verhängnis, welches, in dem Schwünge in dem es ihn ergriffen, auch mich fortreißt.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Antonio, tortured by' a thousand torments of longing, passed his time as best he might, in gondolas, and in wandering about the Piazzas.
Antonio, von tausend Qualen der Sehnsucht, des Verlangens gefoltert, gondelte, lief auf den Plätzen umher.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Meanwhile Antonio, whom the sight of his beloved Annunziata had set wholly beside himself, had made his way through the crowd, and, with a thousand torments in his heart, was pacing alone in the dark night, up and down beside the sea.
Unterdessen hatte sich Antonio, den der Anblick seiner geliebten Annunziata ganz außer sich selbst gebracht, durch das Volk fortgedrängt und schritt, tausend Qualen im zerrissenen Herzen, einsam in dunkler Nacht am Gestade des Meers hin und her.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
He is dreadfully wearisome with his everlasting signings and devotion, and torments me fearfully with his compositions, which are poor enough as yet.
Er ist mit seinem Liebeln und Schmachten sehr langweilig, auch quält er mich zu sehr mit seinen leidigen Kompositionen die zur Zeit ganz erbärmlich sind.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.

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torment mercilessly
bis aufs Blut peinigen
torment mercilessly
bis aufs Blut reizen
torment mercilessly
bis aufs Letzte peinigen
torment mercilessly
bis aufs Mark quälen

Word forms

torment

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetormenttorments
Possessive casetorment'storments'

torment

verb
Basic forms
Pasttormented
Imperativetorment
Present Participle (Participle I)tormenting
Past Participle (Participle II)tormented
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tormentwe torment
you tormentyou torment
he/she/it tormentsthey torment
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tormentingwe are tormenting
you are tormentingyou are tormenting
he/she/it is tormentingthey are tormenting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tormentedwe have tormented
you have tormentedyou have tormented
he/she/it has tormentedthey have tormented
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tormentingwe have been tormenting
you have been tormentingyou have been tormenting
he/she/it has been tormentingthey have been tormenting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tormentedwe tormented
you tormentedyou tormented
he/she/it tormentedthey tormented
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tormentingwe were tormenting
you were tormentingyou were tormenting
he/she/it was tormentingthey were tormenting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tormentedwe had tormented
you had tormentedyou had tormented
he/she/it had tormentedthey had tormented
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tormentingwe had been tormenting
you had been tormentingyou had been tormenting
he/she/it had been tormentingthey had been tormenting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tormentwe shall/will torment
you will tormentyou will torment
he/she/it will tormentthey will torment
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tormentingwe shall/will be tormenting
you will be tormentingyou will be tormenting
he/she/it will be tormentingthey will be tormenting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tormentedwe shall/will have tormented
you will have tormentedyou will have tormented
he/she/it will have tormentedthey will have tormented
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tormentingwe shall/will have been tormenting
you will have been tormentingyou will have been tormenting
he/she/it will have been tormentingthey will have been tormenting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tormentwe should/would torment
you would tormentyou would torment
he/she/it would tormentthey would torment
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tormentingwe should/would be tormenting
you would be tormentingyou would be tormenting
he/she/it would be tormentingthey would be tormenting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tormentedwe should/would have tormented
you would have tormentedyou would have tormented
he/she/it would have tormentedthey would have tormented
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tormentingwe should/would have been tormenting
you would have been tormentingyou would have been tormenting
he/she/it would have been tormentingthey would have been tormenting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tormentedwe are tormented
you are tormentedyou are tormented
he/she/it is tormentedthey are tormented
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tormentedwe are being tormented
you are being tormentedyou are being tormented
he/she/it is being tormentedthey are being tormented
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tormentedwe have been tormented
you have been tormentedyou have been tormented
he/she/it has been tormentedthey have been tormented
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tormentedwe were tormented
you were tormentedyou were tormented
he/she/it was tormentedthey were tormented
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tormentedwe were being tormented
you were being tormentedyou were being tormented
he/she/it was being tormentedthey were being tormented
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tormentedwe had been tormented
you had been tormentedyou had been tormented
he/she/it had been tormentedthey had been tormented
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tormentedwe shall/will be tormented
you will be tormentedyou will be tormented
he/she/it will be tormentedthey will be tormented
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tormentedwe shall/will have been tormented
you will have been tormentedyou will have been tormented
he/she/it will have been tormentedthey will have been tormented