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- torment into doing
torment into doing
torment someone into doing something
to force someone to agree to do something through threats or maltreatment. You can't torment me into doing something I don't want to do! Alice was tormented into going on the picnic.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Dobroslav | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Czech, Medieval Slavic |
| Leary | | LEER-ee | Irish |
| Nicholas | | NIK-ə-ləs (English), nee-ko-LAH (French) | English, French |
| Mechteld | | MEKH-təlt | Dutch |
| Rim | | - | Arabic |
| MaËL | | - | French, Breton |