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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dobroslav-Croatian, Serbian, Czech, Medieval Slavic
LearyLEER-eeIrish
NicholasNIK-ə-ləs (English), nee-ko-LAH (French)English, French
MechteldMEKH-təltDutch
Rim-Arabic
MaËL-French, Breton